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PALMER, Robert Anthony Maurice

UK, Soldiers Awards from the London Gazette, 1898-1944

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Full Name: PALMER, Robert Anthony Maurice
Date Of Birth: 7 Jul 1920
Age: 24
Birth Place: Gillingham, Kent
Nationality: British
Resided Place: Gravesend & Gillingham, Kent, England
Date: 23 Dec 1944
Date Of Death: 23 Dec 1944
Fate: Killed in action.
Incident Details: Crashed target area
Incident Date: 23 Dec 1944
Incident Time: 1027
Information: 109 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Also stationed at RAF Little Staughton with 582 Squadron. Previously injured when crashed on take off 30/09/1944. Duty location Bottrop, Germany. Previous aircraft – Mosquito, mark: XVI, code: BS-, serial: ML997. Parents: Arthur Robert and Lillian Palmer, of Gravesend, Kent; brother of Douglas Palmer.
More Information: Further gazette dates: 27/06/1944 (D.F.C.); 05/12/1944 (D.F.C.Bar); 11/01/1944 (MiD) Further gazette pages: 3089 (D.F.C.); 5634 (D.F.C.Bar); 293 (MiD) Gazette issue: 36589 (D.F.C.); 36831 (D.F.C.Bar); 36329 (MiD)
Rank Name: Flight Lieutenant
Rank (2nd): Acting Squadron Leader
Service Number: 115772
Award Details: New Year Honours List (MiD)
Gazette Date: 1945
Gazette Page: 1593 (V.C.); Issue: 36997 (V.C.)
Duty Location: Over Cologne, Germany
Service: Royal Air Force
Squadron/Unit: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Crew: Squadron Leader R A M Palmer V.C., D.F.C. and Bar
Command: Bomber Command
Aircraft Mark: III
Aircraft Code: 60-V
Aircraft Type: Lancaster
Aircraft Serial: PB371
Commemorated: Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany
Place of Death: Near Cologne, Germany
Conflict Period: World War II
Served For: United Kingdom
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Publication Title: UK, Soldiers Awards from the London Gazette, 1898-1944
Content Source: London Gazette
Last Updated: 31 Oct 2023
Description: The London Gazette is one of the official journals of record of the British government, and the most important among such official journals in the United Kingdom, in which certain statutory notices are required to be published.