Darlington, Ralph William (Sergeant)
Killed in Action 1943-February-19
Birth Date: 1923-October
Born:
Parents: Son of Ralph Darlington and Emily (nee Wilkinson) Darlington, of Brookthorpe Avenue, Levenshulme, Manchester
Spouse:
Home: Levenshulme, Manchester, England
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
9 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Noctem Volamus Through out the night we fly
Base
RAF Waddington
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Air Gunner (Mid-Upper)
Service Numbers
1452908
Target
Wilhelmshaven Germany
Temporary Burial
Jever Cemetery, Germany near crash site
Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.comCrew or Other Personnel
Lancaster ED492
Mission
Lancaster Mk.I/III ED492
Bombing Wilhelmshaven Germany 1943-February-18 to 1943-February-19
9 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Waddington
9 Squadron (Per noctum volamus) RAF Waddington. Lancaster III aircraft ED 492 WS-W was reported as involved in a mid-air collision with another Lancaster near the target area of Wilhelmshaven, Germany by there is also a claim from heavy flak battery Marine Flak Abt 282 at Hooksiel, Germany. The Lancaster crashed at Schreiersort, near Wangerland, Germany with the loss of four aircrew members killed
Flight Sergeant Ernest John Walter Davis (RAFVR), Sergeant James Storey Aird (RAFVR), Sergeant Alfred Thomas Berwick (RAFVR) and Sergeant Ralph William Darlington (RAFVR) were all killed in action
Sergeant Howard Wallace Fullard (RCAF), Warrant Officer James Vaughan (RAFVR) and Warrant Officer John Arthur Jones-Ford (RAFVR) all survived to become Prisoners of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One - 1 January - 22 June by Theo Boiten, page 29
Bombers First and Last by Gordon Thorburn, page 377
Royal Air Force Serial and Image DatabaseLancaster ED492 Mk.I/III - Bombing Wilhelmshaven Germany - 1943-02-18 to 1943-02-19
Squadron: 9 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1943-02-18
Completion Date: 1943-02-19
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Wilhelmshaven Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Waddington
Take Off Time:
Squadron Code: WS-W
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Germany
Crash Specifics:
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flak
Flak Battery: Marine Flak Abt 282
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
9 Squadron (Per noctum volamus) RAF Waddington. Lancaster III aircraft ED 492 WS-W was reported as involved in a mid-air collision with another Lancaster near the target area of Wilhelmshaven, Germany by there is also a claim from heavy flak battery Marine Flak Abt 282 at Hooksiel, Germany. The Lancaster crashed at Schreiersort, near Wangerland, Germany with the loss of four aircrew members killed
Flight Sergeant Ernest John Walter Davis (RAFVR), Sergeant James Storey Aird (RAFVR), Sergeant Alfred Thomas Berwick (RAFVR) and Sergeant Ralph William Darlington (RAFVR) were all killed in action
Sergeant Howard Wallace Fullard (RCAF), Warrant Officer James Vaughan (RAFVR) and Warrant Officer John Arthur Jones-Ford (RAFVR) all survived to become Prisoners of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One - 1 January - 22 June by Theo Boiten, page 29
Bombers First and Last by Gordon Thorburn, page 377