Moyle, Ronald Albert
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Ronald Albert |
Surname | Moyle |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Date of Death | 31-01-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Albert Stephen and Gladys Moyle, of Nairn Terrace, Forestville, Adelaide. Husband of Amy Laurel Moyle (née Lewis), of Payneham, South Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster l |
Serial Number | W4835 |
Markings | OF-H |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 188. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 77 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 407847 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 97 (Straits Settlements) |
Squadron Motto | Achieve your aim |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Thorpe Camp, Tattershall Thorpe, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial with Inscribed Lettering and Sqn Badges |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who flew from RAF Woodhall Spa during WW2, including 619 Sqn |
Location | Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window remembering 97 Sqn in the Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby |
Location | Roadside location (off E6), Fættenfjord, near Åsenfjord, Trøndelag Fylke |
Country | Norway |
Memorial Type | Inscribed memorial stone atopped with inert aerial sea mine and Tirpitz anchor chain link |
Memorial Text |
For Frihet Til minne om Allierte Flymannskaper fra RAF drept under angrep pa det tyske slagskipet Tirpitz i Fættenfjord 1942
Translation "For freedom In memory of the Allied Aircrews from the RAF who died in attacks on the German Battleship Tirpitz in the Fættenfjord 1942 " |
Miscellaneous Information
Born 10 March 1921, North Adelaide. Ronald's wife was an army Corporal (service number 65127). She had been a general clerk at Victoria Barracks, Melbourne. Ronald had been an accountancy clerk. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/767/2 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/767/1 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-01-1943 |
End Date | 31-01-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Woodhall Spa |
Day/Night Raid | Night (32% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft took of from Woodhall Spa detailed to attack targets in Hamburg. Aircraft lost without trace. Shot down by a night-fighter flown by Oblt. Ludwig Becker of 12./NJG1 15km East of Texel over the North Sea at 0310 hrs. This was Becker's 44th and last victory, he was killed on 26 February 1943, when his night-fighter crashed into the North Sea. |