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RATNER, Harry

Personal Information
Rank F/O
Forename(s) Harry
Surname Ratner
Gender M
Age 26
Decorations
Date of death 25-05-1944
Next of kin Son of Frank and Sarah Ratner, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Aircraft Information
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Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery
Grave Reference Sec. B. Row C. Grave 20..
Epitaph IN MEMORY OF A DEAR SON AND BROTHER
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 230
Enlistment information
Service Number J/28242
Service Royal Canadian Air Force
Group 6
Squadron 427 (Lion)
Trade Air Bomber
Country of origin if different Canada
Last Operation information
Start Date 30-11--0001
End Date 30-11--0001
Takeoff Station Leeming
Day/Night raid
Operation
Reason for Loss Killed when the motorcycle on which he was riding pillion collided with a parked army truck on the Great North Road five miles south of Londonderry, Yorkshire. No guard had been posted to warn oncoming traffic of the presence of the truck. F/O Ratner was given first aid at the scene but died of his injuries in RAF Hospital, Northallerton.