Keeling, Ralph Alexander Walter
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Ralph Alexander Walter |
Surname | Keeling |
Gender | M |
Age | 29 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 08-10-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of Charles Walter and Shirley Keeling, of Camper, Manitoba, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Hampden I |
Serial Number | P1271 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Gloucester Old Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot B. Grave 9765. |
Epitaph | LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY MOTHER AND DAD JACK, SHIRLEY, VICTOR AND DAWN |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 58 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 638360 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 7 |
Squadron | 16 OTU |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Keeling Lake, Manitoba; 20km south of Kustra Lake |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Lake |
Memorial Text |
Location | Village Churchyard, Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to the memory of British and Commonwealth Pilots and Aircrew of No. 16 OTU Bomber Command RAF Upper Heyford |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/3698 (P355337/40) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 08-10-1940 |
End Date | 08-10-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Upper Heyford |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training- instrument flying practice |
Reason for Loss | Emerged from cloud in a dive and broke up over farmland in Gloucester |