Heslop, Ronald
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Ronald |
Surname | Heslop |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 12-03-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of William Henry Heslop and Beatrice Heslop (née Gray), of West Street, Blackhall Rocks, Co. Durham. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ED449 |
Markings | VN-T |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen |
Grave Reference | 24. C. 4. |
Epitaph | MAYBE IN THE BETTER LAND WE WILL READ THE MEANING OF OUR TEARS AND UNDERSTAND (Adaptation of the Hymn - Not now, but in the coming years) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 48 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1501112 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 50 |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Birchwood Way, Birchwood Estate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial & Inscribed Marble Obolisk |
Memorial Text | To the memory of the Air Crews and Ground Staff who gave their lives whilst serving with No 50 Squadron and No 61 Squadron, 5 group, Bomber Command The Royal Air Force 2nd World War 1939 to 1945. No 50 Squadron "From defence to attack" Operated from Waddi |
Location | Memorial Gardens, Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Stone |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Skellingthorpe. My brief sweet life is over, My eyes no longer see, No Christmas Trees, No summer walks, No pretty girls for me, I've got the chop - I've had it, My nightly ops are done, Yet in another 100 years I'll still be twenty one. R |
Miscellaneous Information
Born 18 May 1922 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/487/30 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/487/29 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 12-03-1943 |
End Date | 13-03-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Skellingthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (42% moon) |
Operation | Essen |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by night fighter flown by Oblt. Manfred Meurer of 3./NJG1 at 21.25hrs, flying at 5,300 metres and 3-5 kms East of Bergen. Crashed on the East Bank of the River Meuse at Well, 8 kms EN/East of Venray. |