Court, Ronald (Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-October-14

Sergeant Ronald Court RAFVR

Birth Date: 1923

Born:

Parents: John Robert & Minnie Court

Spouse:

Home: Streatham, London, England (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

61 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Purum Tonantes Thundering through the clear air

Base

RAF Syerston

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

1318105

Home
Google MapStreatham, London, England (parents)
Target
Google MapKiel Germany

Took off from Syerston at 19:15 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code QR-? Bomber Command) on an operation to Kiel Germany.

Aircraft was damaged by flak over Germany and on the trip home the crew became lost due to poor weather. They flew too far north of their Lincolnshire base and over the North Yorkshire Moors where they crashed on Todd Intake Moor at Crookstaff Hill.

Killed includes Court: Flying Officer Leonard Charles Robert Leach RCAF J/7227 KIA St. Luke Churchyard, Milland Grave 679. Flight Sergeant Henry Ernest Game RAF KIA Bournemouth East Cemetery Plot M. Row 4. Grave 114.

Survivors: Sergeant Harry Scattergood RAF Sergeant Lawrence Sidney Hamblett RAF Sergeant Ernest Charles Hawkins RAF Sergeant Edmund Thornley Lund RAF.

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Crew or Other Personnel

Lancaster W4233

Sergeant Ronald Court RAFVR

Sergeant Court, Ronald (RAFVR)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1942-October-14
cemetery unknown

Flight Sergeant Henry Ernest Game RAF

Flight Sergeant Game, Henry Ernest (RAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1942-October-14
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Lawrence Sidney James Hamblett RAF

Sergeant Hamblett, Lawrence Sidney James (RAF)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Survived
1942-October-14
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Ernest Charles Hawkins RAF

Sergeant Hawkins, Ernest Charles (RAF)
Air Gunner (Mid-Upper)
Survived
1942-October-14
cemetery unknown

Pilot Officer Leonard Charles Robert Leach RCAF

Pilot Officer Leach, Leonard Charles Robert (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1942-October-14
Milland (St Luke) Churchyard, Trotton, Sussex, UK

Sergeant Edmund Thornley Lund RAFVR

Sergeant Lund, Edmund Thornley (RAFVR)
Air Gunner (Rear)
Survived
1942-October-14
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Harry Scattergood RAF

Sergeant Scattergood, Harry (RAF)
Flight Engineer
Survived
1942-October-14
cemetery unknown

Mission

Lancaster Mk.I W4233

Bombing Kiel Germany 1942-October-13 to 1942-October-14

61 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Syerston

61 Squadron (Per Puram Tunantes) RAF Syerston. Returning over England from an operation against targets in Kiel, Germany, the flak-damaged Lancaster BI aircraft W 4233 became lost in poor weather conditions. While trying to determine it's position, the Lancaster crashed into high ground fifteen miles north-east of Thirsk, at Bilsdale, East Moor, Yorkshire

Navigator, Pilot Officer L C R Leach (RCAF) and Bomb Aimer, Sergeant R Court (RAFVR) were killed in action. The Pilot, Flight Sergeant H E Game (RAF) was severely injured and died of his injuries in hospital 1942-10-15

The rest of the crew, Flight Engineer, Sergeant H Scattergood (RAF), Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, Sergeant L S J Hamblett (RAF), Mid-Upper Air Gunner, Sergeant E C Hawkins (RAF), and Rear Air Gunner, Sergeant E T Lund (RAFVR) all survived the crash with injuries

Sergeant Lund is believed to have walked to a farm house to get help despite having suffered two broken ankles in the crash

Unvetted Source Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database

Unvetted Source Lancaster W4233 - Bilsdale