My great uncle, Stewart James Olsen Robinson, was a tail gunner in a Lancaster bomber in the RCAF. His final rank was Pilot officer and he was in 424 squadron. I think they were called the tigers. He died on April 5 1945 he was 19 years old. I am looking for any information I can get on my uncle. I know a little about the mission he died on. I have a document that says my uncle's plane was listed as missing, but then it says that the pilot had to abort his first attempt at landing, then he circled around the airfield and hit a water tower or something. The plane crashed and thats all I really know. I don't know if anybody survived the crash or how badly they had been damaged before getting back to england.

I have finished two years of university working on a history major, and I would like to continue to get a PhD in history, specifically concentrating on World War 2. So I have studied a lot of world war 2 sources. The following is what I put together using any information I have, and guessing on some parts using the knowledge I have gained. I don't know if there is any way to know how badly shot up the plane was, but if they were listed as missing, chances are they couldn't keep up with the squadron and had to land at a different airfield than the rest of the squadron. The pilot went in for a landing and for some reason had to abort and circle around for another attempt. While circling around the pilot crashed into a tower of some sorts, possibly a water tower. This crashed the plane, and I have no knowledge of what happened then. I know the names of all those who were on the plane with him on that final mission. I know what mission it was, well I know where they were going, they were going to Merseburg, or Meresberg to bomb a factory. I would just really like to know what happened on my uncles final mission. I just want to find as much information on my uncle as possible. If someone could tell me the best way to get this information I would be really appreciative. I would also appreciate any information anyone has on my uncle. Thanks.