King, Ralph Henry (Warrant Officer 2nd Class)

Killed in Action 1943-June-22

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Ralph Henry King RCAF

Birth Date: 1922

Born:

Parents: George H & Elizabeth King

Spouse:

Home: Windsor, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

77 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Esse Potius Quam Videri To be, rather than to seem

Base

RAF Elvington

Rank

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/109695

Home
Google MapWindsor, Ontario (parents)
Target
Google MapKrefeld Germany
Temporary Burial
Google MapWoensel

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapGroesbeek Canadian War Cemetery
Plot XV Row F Grave 6

Took off from Elvington at 23:50 in Halifax Mk II (Sqn code KN-Y Bomber Command) on an operation to Krefeld Germany.

Shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Den Eikenhorst Estate, Boxtel, Noord-Holland.

Killed includes King: Sergeant Alfred Ross Currie RCAF R/113684 KIA Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, Plot 15. Row F. Grave 7.

POWs: Sgt. J Gardner RAF pilot POW camp not listed. Sergeant S H A Nicholson RAF POW camp not listed. Sergeant F G Hawthorne RAF evaded, but later captured and made POW camp not listed. Sergeant D A Clark RAF POW camp not listed.

Evader: Pilot Officer A Hagan RAF evader, returned to England.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)