Ralph, Frederick Wilson (Flight Sergeant)
Killed in Action 1943-May-24
Birth Date: 1922
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Home: Fayetteville, New York, USA
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
460 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAAF)
Strike And Return
Base
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Position
Air Gunner
Service Numbers
R/152317
Target
Dortmund Germany
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Lancaster Mk.III W4984
Bombing Dortmund Germany 1943-May-24 to 1943-May-24
460 (B) Sqn (RAAF) RAF Binbrook, England
460 Australia Squadron (Strike And Return). Lancaster aircraft W 4984 went down near Schoonebeek, Holland, 14 km SSE of Emmen, during a night operation over enemy territory. No take-off time was recorded. Casualties included RCAF Flt. Sgt. F.W. Ralph (air gunner); RAAF Flt. Sgt's. J.S. Biffen (wireless operator / air gunner), B.M.T. Davis (pilot), K.D. Dyce (navigator), and F.S. Wright (air gunner); and RAF Sgt. E. Rowlands (flight engineer). RAAF Flt. Sgt. C. Goldthorpe (bomb aimer) was taken Prisoner of War.Lancaster W4984 Mk.III - Bombing Dortmund Germany - 1943-05-24 to 1943-05-24
Squadron: 460 (B) Sqn (RAAF)
Start Date: 1943-05-24
Completion Date: 1943-05-24
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Dortmund Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Binbrook, England
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Squadron Code: AR J
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Crash City: Drenthe, Netherlands
Crash Specifics: near Schoonebeek
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim: Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant August Geiger of the 7./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield
War Diary Unavailable
460 Australia Squadron (Strike And Return). Lancaster aircraft W 4984 went down near Schoonebeek, Holland, 14 km SSE of Emmen, during a night operation over enemy territory. No take-off time was recorded. Casualties included RCAF Flt. Sgt. F.W. Ralph (air gunner); RAAF Flt. Sgt's. J.S. Biffen (wireless operator / air gunner), B.M.T. Davis (pilot), K.D. Dyce (navigator), and F.S. Wright (air gunner); and RAF Sgt. E. Rowlands (flight engineer). RAAF Flt. Sgt. C. Goldthorpe (bomb aimer) was taken Prisoner of War.
6 Bomber Group May 24, 1943
3 Wellingtons from 429 Squadron were sent off on a sea search. They were unsuccessful and returned safely to base. Richard Koval (6bombergroup.ca)
460 Australia Squadron (Strike And Return). Lancaster aircraft W 4984 went down near Schoonebeek, Holland, 14 km SSE of Emmen, during a night operation over enemy territory. No take-off time was recorded. Casualties included RCAF Flt. Sgt. F.W. Ralph (air gunner); RAAF Flt. Sgt's. J.S. Biffen (wireless operator / air gunner), B.M.T. Davis (pilot), K.D. Dyce (navigator), and F.S. Wright (air gunner); and RAF Sgt. E. Rowlands (flight engineer). RAAF Flt. Sgt. C. Goldthorpe (bomb aimer) was taken Prisoner of War.
