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ALEXANDER, Ralph

Personal Information
Rank P/O
Forename(s) Ralph Leonard
Surname Alexander
Gender M
Age 22
Decorations
Date of death 03-02-1943
Next of kin Son of Samuel Spencer Alexander and Janet Alexander (née Wingfield), of Dymond, Ontario. Husband of Marjorie Florence Alexander (née Benjamin). Marriage took place on 20 September 1942 in New Liskeard.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax II
Serial Number W7921
Markings DY-M
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Germany
Burial/Memorial Place Rheinberg War Cemetery
Grave Reference 17. B. 16..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 122
Enlistment information
Service Number J/21716
Service Royal Canadian Air Force
Group 4
Squadron 102 (Ceylon)
Trade Air Bomber
Country of origin if different Canada
Fellow Servicemen
Lofthouse M W (F/S)
Short A (Sgt)
Thompson W S (Sgt)
Last Operation information
Start Date 03-02-1943
End Date 04-02-1943
Takeoff Station Pocklington
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Hamburg. 263 aircraft, 16 losses (6.1%). Severe icing over the channel caused many crews to return early. H2S again proved ineffective, leading to scattered bombing throughout the city.
Reason for Loss Shot down by a night-fighter on outbound leg and crashed near Quakenbruck