Birth Date: 1918
Born: Nottingham, England - 3rd quarter of 1918 (J-A-S)
Parents:
Spouse:
Home: Rothwell, Yorkshire, England
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAF
Unit
9 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Noctem Volamus Through out the night we fly
Base
RAF Honington
Rank
Squadron Leader
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
36124
Bremen Germany
Squadron Leader Ledger was awarded the India General Service Medal campaign medal for service in the Waziristan Conflict of 1936.
9 Squadron (Per noctem volamus) RAF Honington. Wellington III aircraft X 3606 WS-M was hit by heavy flak (schwere) Flak of the 4/schwere Flak-Abteilung 262 while homeward-bound from an operation against targets in Bremen, Germany. The Wellington crashed into the Burgerpark, in the Walle District of Bremen, Germany with the loss of four crew members
Pilot Officer Gerard McKee Beech (RCAF), Squadron Leader Harry Ledger (RAF), Pilot Officer John Eric Coleman (RAFVR), and Flight Sergeant Jack Robert Ludkin (RAF) were killed in action
Flight Sergeant David Alan Hunter (RAFVR) was the lone survivor from his crew and was taken as Prisoner of War
There were two Wellington III aircraft 9 Sqn aircraft lost in the same area on this date. Please see aircraft serial X 3475 WS-P for casualty list and detail
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Bremen: 4 killed I Bureau of Aircraft...
9 Squadron (Per noctem volamus) RAF Honington. Wellington III aircraft X 3606 WS-M was hit by heavy flak (schwere) Flak of the 4/schwere Flak-Abteilung 262 while homeward-bound from an operation against targets in Bremen, Germany. The Wellington crashed into the Burgerpark, in the Walle District of Bremen, Germany with the loss of four crew members
Pilot Officer Gerard McKee Beech (RCAF), Squadron Leader Harry Ledger (RAF), Pilot Officer John Eric Coleman (RAFVR), and Flight Sergeant Jack Robert Ludkin (RAF) were killed in action
Flight Sergeant David Alan Hunter (RAFVR) was the lone survivor from his crew and was taken as Prisoner of War
There were two Wellington III aircraft 9 Sqn aircraft lost in the same area on this date. Please see aircraft serial X 3475 WS-P for casualty list and detail
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Bremen: 4 killed I Bureau of Aircraft...
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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