Cook, Ronald Hermond Downes
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Ronald Hermond Downes |
Surname | Cook |
Gender | M |
Age | 30 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 13-05-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of John William and Eva Annie Cook. Husband of Grace Marion Cook, of Walton-On-Thames. Surrey. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington X |
Serial Number | HE702 |
Markings | EX-Y |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Harderwijk General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | British Plot 2. Grave 32. |
Epitaph | TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WE LOVE IS NOT TO DIE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 22 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 127864 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 199 |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Ingham Heritage Centre, former RAF Ingham, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial Stone & Metal Sculpture |
Memorial Text | Memorials to all those who served at RAF Ingham (Cammeringham) 1942-1946 |
Location | All Saints Church, Ingham, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Brass Plaque on Wooden Board |
Memorial Text | In memory of all those who served at RAF Ingham, 1942-1945 |
Location | Adjacent to former Technical Site, North Creake, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Sculpture, Inscribed Metal Panels & Info Boards |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who served at RAF North Creake |
Miscellaneous Information
There is a memorial to this crew (a mounted propeller) at Guelders, Doornspijk |
Each year in November the local people of Harderwijk hold a ceremony to honour the 43 airmen who lie in their cemetery. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1172/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1172/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 12-05-1943 |
End Date | 13-05-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Ingham |
Day/Night Raid | Night (56% moon) |
Operation | Duisburg |
Reason for Loss | Crashed near Nunspeet in Holland, one of 10 Wellingtons lost on the raid |