Heslop’s Local Advertiser 14/12/1945
Heslop’s Local Advertiser 14/12/1945 and 13/12/1947 both carry a notice which reads:
“Robson - 19, Chilside Road, Felling, Joseph (W.Op./A.G., R.A.F.V.R.) , killed on air operations over Germany Nov. 19th, 1943 , aged 26.”
Sgt. Robson was serving with 218 Squadron. He was a crew member of Stirling III EE884 RA-B which took off from Downham Market on a mission to Mannheim. The aircraft crashed east of the Rhine, killing all but one of the crew except for one man who travelled 100 km before being captured. Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1943;W.R. Chorley; 1996; Midland Counties Publications; ISBN 0 904597 90 3
