Basic Details
Surname
Townsend-Coles
Forenames
R.B.
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Robert Brainerd Herbert
War
Second World War (1939-1945)
Served or died
Died
Honours
Mentioned in Despatches
Notes
The school website (See References) provides the service and death details and also carries biographical details of this man. He died after being captured after escaping from Stalag Luft VI at Heydekrug where he was a POW: he was shot, supposedly offering resistance but nothing could be proved after the war.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Royal Air Force/ Royal Flying Corps
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
18 Squadron
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Warrant Officer Class II
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Russia
Town of death
Tilsit (now Sovetsk)
Year of death
1944
Month of death
July
Day of death
15
Age at death
30
Manner of death reference
Other