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Robert Gordon Yaxley

01/01/1914 - 06/03/1943

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Obituary For Robert Gordon Yaxley

117 Squadron's Lockheed Hudson VI (#FK386) aircraft [of #1 OADU], with an aircrew of three and with seven passengers on board, went missing while in transit from England to Gibraltar. It is believed that FK386 was shot down by German long range fighters, crashing into the sea and taking the lives of all ten airmen.
The airmen who perished in this attack and resulting crash were-
RCAF Flight Lieutenant John Bowyer BUCKLEY,
RAF Wing Commander Howard Frizelle BURTON DSO DFC and Bar,
RAFVR Wing Commander Paul Temple COTTON DFC,
RAFVR Flying Officer Dennis Victor EDWARDS,
RAF Wing Commander Jack GOODHEAD,
RAFVR Squadron Leader Osgood Villiers HANBURY DSO DFC and Bar,
RNZAF Flying Officer Edward James McSHERRY,
RAAF Wing Commander Eric PAUL MiD,
RAF Group Captain Robert Gordon YAXLEY DSO MC DFC and
RAFVR Squadron Leader John Kenneth YOUNG MBE.

Military Service-
Service Number: 33130
Rank: Group Captain
Age: 31
Service: Royal Air Force
Division: No. 1 OADU (Overseas Aircraft Despatch Unit); RAF Portreath, Cornwall
Honours/Awards: Distinguished Service Order (DSO); Military Cross (MC); Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

Son of Robert and Agnes Elizabeth Yaxley; husband of Patricia O'Callaghan Yaxley of Brompton, Kent, England.