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Wardrop, Robert

Date of birth:
1909 (Hamilton/Lanarkshire, Scotland)
Date of death:
January 8th, 1943 (Vorden/Gelderland, the Netherlands)
Buried on:
Commonwealth War Graves Vorden
Grave: 9.
Service number:
1366325
Nationality:
British

Biography

Sergeant. No. 9 Squadron RAF. Air gunner. Son of Thomas Wardrop and Agnes Wardrop (née Kilpatrick) from Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Husband of Winifred Agnes Wardrop (née Johnstone).

Killed in action when his Lancaster W4159 was hit by a German night fighter during a mission to Duisburg and crashed near the Hackfort in Vorden. The entire crew was killed and is buried in the General Cemetery in Vorden.

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