Robert Frederick Goodman
Memorial: South Gloucestershire war dead not on a local memorial
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Warrant Officer (Air Bomber) 1319008
Marital status: Married
Home address: 23 Thicket Road, Kingswood
Pre-war occupation: Timekeeper, Bristol Aeroplane Company
Date of birth: 27/02/1916
Date of death: 22/12/1944
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Treorchy Cemetery, Glamorganshire. Not commemorated on a local memorial
Age: 28
Further information:
Robert attended St. George Secondary School, Bristol and in 1939 was living in Kingswood with the Grove family and working in Filton. He married Lucy Louvain Vaughan in Bristol in Autumn of 1940 shortly before he enlisted in the RAF in the November.
Robert's 83 Squadron was stationed at RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire and on the day of his death, Robert was aboard Lancaster bomber PB533, returning from a bombing mission of a German oil plant at Politz, Poland, when they hit bad weather. The bomber was consequently diverted to another airfield in Lincolnshire, RAF Metheringham, which had a fog dispersal system, but sadly the aircraft crashed on attempting to land. Seven out of eight of those on board, including Robert, were killed.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
http://www.bcar.org.uk/new1944-incident-logs