Ramsey, Colin John Pope (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1945-February-21

Flying Officer Colin John Pope Ramsey RCAF

Birth Date: 1925

Born:

Parents: Son of Colonel Colin Worthington Pope Ramsey, C.M.G., and Dorothy Elsie Ramsey, of Bedford, Province of Quebec, Canada.

Spouse:

Home: Bedford, Quebec

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

158 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Strength In Unity

Base

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/27234
Prev: R/185489

Home
Google MapBedford, Quebec
Target
Google MapReisholz Germany
Final Burial
Google MapReichswald Forest War Cemetery
26 E 17

Took off from Lissett at 21:50 in Halifax Mk III LV920 to attack the synthetic oil refinery at Rhenania Ossag in the Reisholz district of Dusseldorf Germany.

Shot down by a night fighter and crashed in the target area.

Killed: Flight Sergeant Frank William Grant RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 26. E. 16. Flying Officer Colin John Pope Ramsey RCAF J/27234 pilot KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 26. E. 17.

POWs: Flight Sergeant Harry James Bailey RCAF R/261698 POW camp not listed. Pilot Officer A M Lang RCAF J/26538 POW camp not listed. Flight Sergeant H F Tyler RCAF R/number POW camp not listed.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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