Ramsay, James Alexander (Warrant Officer 2nd Class)

Killed in Action 1943-April-29

Warrant Officer 2nd Class James Alexander Ramsay RCAF

Birth Date: 1916-November-25

Born:

Parents: Allan & Mary Ethel Ramsay

Spouse:

Home: Orillia, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

75 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Ake Ake Kia Kaha For ever and ever be strong

Base

RAF Newmarket

Rank

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

R/93418

Home
Google MapOrillia, Ontario (parents)
Temporary Burial
Google MapCommonwwealth Memorial Cemetery, Thirteen Miles North-West Of Svino, Denmark
Final Burial
Google MapSvinø Mindelund
Grave 18

Took off from Newmarket in Stirling Mk III (Sqn code AA-W Bomber Command) at 20:38 on a mine laying mission in the Radish region of the Fehmarn Belt.

Shot down by a Kriegsmarine Flak Battery and crashed at 00:08 in the Baltic off Nakskov on the W side of Lolland Island, Denmark.

Killed: Warrant Officer Class 2 James Alexander Ramsay RCAF R/93418 KIA Svino Churchyard, Grave 18, Denmark. WO Ernest Roy Jenkins RNZAF KIA Svino Churchyard, Grave 21., Denmark. Pilot Officer Desmond Lewis Thompson RNZAF KIA Svino Churchyard, Grave 15., Denmark. Flight Sergeant John Muir Williams RAAF KIA Svino Churchyard, Grave 14., Denmark. Sergeant Clifford Abbott RAF KIA Svino Churchyard, Denmark. Sergeant John Thomas Glendinning RAF KIA Svino Churchyard, Grave 20., Denmark. Sergeant George Phillips RAF KIA Svino Churchyard, Grave 26., Denmark.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

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