Rob Wenman

Hello, I am doing research to help finally memorialize my mother's first husband Sgt. Robert Russell Roberts, assigned to the RAF 101 Squadron in Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire, England during WWII. Robert (Bobby) was a wireless radio operator/gunner who was trained to work with the radar/radio jamming device (CIGAR?). used to jam the German planes during their bombing missions. He was assigned under Pilot James Batten-Smith. The Lancaster Bomber plane (DV-276) and crew was lost during the Nuremberg Raid Mar 30/31 1944. I recently found a collection of telegraphs in my mothers belongings (now deceased) several telegrams and letters informing her of Bobby being shot down, and later confirmed being killed. I am interested in finding what I can to help memorialize these brave men.

I live in the United States, but my close cousin is a school teacher near London, and is hoping to develop a curriculum around the story of these men, to teach her students about WWII, Bomber Command, and the sacrifices made by these men. She hopes to take them to museums, and ultimately to the crash site and burial site. She would very much like to get in touch with any surviving 101st Squadron members, to possibly speak to her class (time is running out!).

Any help with documents, photos of the crew members, plane (DV-276), Ludford Magna airbase, life of a bomber crew, and information on their crash site, etc is very much appreciated. I'm new to this sort of research so I am reaching out to you experts to help.