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| Name | ARMSTRONG |
| First names | Robert Gow |
| Rank | F/Lt |
| Service | RAF |
| Service number | 111560 |
| Crew position | Pilot |
| Age | 22 |
| Date of death | 27/04/44 |
| Cemetery | Durnbach War Cemetery Germany |
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| 26/27 April, 1944; SCHWEINFURT:
Mosquitoes of 627 Squadron, Woodhall Spa, used 5 Group's low-level
marking technique for the first time. The attempt was not accurate
and much of the bombing fell outside Schweinfurt. The squadron was to suffer the heavy loss of three crews this night: F/Lt Bob Armstrong DFC and crew were all killed and are buried alongside each other in the Durnbach War Cemetery in Germany. Lancaster ND687 (EA-) F/L R.G. Armstrong DFC Pilot (Killed) Sgt D.E. Endean F/E (Killed) F/S R.G. Osborne NAV (Killed) Sgt S.F. Foster W/OP (Killed) Sgt D.J. Cooper A/G (Killed) W/O L.T. Kennedy RCAF B/A (Killed) P/O T.H. Morris RCAF A/G (Killed) F/Lt Armstrong had already completed one tour with 49Sqn and was on the fifth trip of a second tour of operations. |
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