Driver Joe Robinson

Joe Robinson was the son of Joe and Ada Robinson and the husband of Clara Robinson, of Oldham. He enlisted in the Royal Army Service Corps, and volunteered for airborne forces.

Driver Robinson successfully completed Air Despatcher training and was posted to 223 Air Despatch Company, Royal Army Service Corps, and took part in Operation Market Garden (Arnhem).

Dvr Robinson was killed in action on 21 September 1944, aged 34, when Dakota KG-346, base Down Ampney, was damaged by Flak, but the pilot managed to return home, and made an unsuccessful landing attempt. The plane crashed in Dengie Flats, near Bradwell, off the coast of Essex, and although Joe survived the crash he died of his wounds later that day and is buried at Oldham (Greenacres) Cemetery.

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