Patrick John Noble Robinson

Robinson was the Observer aboard 102 Sqdn Halifax II R9446 which failed to return from an operational flight over Bremen on June 25th 1942. Also killed were Sergeant R H Brett, Sergeant J A Fraser, Pilot Officer S E H Morgan, Flight Sergeant25th D G Williamson: missing believed killed.1,067 aircraft took part in this raid even more than attacked Cologne in late May. The force consisted of Wellingtons, Halifaxes, Lancasters, Stirlings, Blenheims, Hampdens, Whitleys, Bostons, Manchesters and Mosquitoes from Bomber Command. In addition, on Churchill’s orders, a further 102 Coastal Command Wellingtons and Hudsons were included along with 5 planes from Army Co-operation Command. 572 houses were destroyed and 6,108 damaged. 85 people were killed, 497 injured and 2,378 bombed out. Damage was inflicted on 5 important industrial firms – Focke-Wulf, Atlas Werke, the Vulcan shipyard, Norddeutsche Hute and the Korfe refinery and on two large dockside warehouses. 48 British planes were lost (5% of Bomber Command’s contingent) along with 5 crews from Coastal Command. 23 OTU crews from 91 Group went down (11.6% of those participating).

Sage War Cemetery Grave Reference: 1 F 15