Ransom, Glen Irvin
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Glen Irvin |
Surname | Ransom |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 20-01-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of William Stewart Ransom and Merle Vivian Ransom (née Jewel), of Nanton, Alberta. Husband of Dorothy Jean Ransom (née Koch)- marriage on 18 September 1940 at High River, Alberta. Father of Donald Roy Ransom (born 15 February 1941) and a daughter Vivian Carol Ransom (born 21 February 1942), both at High River. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ED974 |
Markings | OL-Y |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 9. D. 8. |
Epitaph | |
Ribbon Stone | 0590 (Block 7, Column 16, Row 2) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 88 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/18141 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 83 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Wyton Memorial Garden, Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the Pathfinder Sqns operating from RAF Wyton, 1942-1945 |
Location | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating 83 Sqn Lancaster, one of the Pathfinder Sqn's operating from RAF Wyton 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Michaels's Church, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Wooden Plaque & 83 Sqn Badge |
Memorial Text | This Chapel was furnished by members and friends of 83 Pathfinder Sqn and is dedicated to the memory of those airmen who lost their lives on flying operations from RAF Coningsby in WWII |
Miscellaneous Information
Glen was born on 30 May 1920 at Nanton, Alberta His father was a farmer born in Kansas, USA and his mother also born Kansas. He had a brother Donald Jay who was in England, and sisters Dorothy Jewell, Jean Lorraine, and Betty (Wilbern) who died July 1943. Glen attended Nanton school 1926-1934 (Public) and again 1934- 1938 gaining grades 10 and part grade 11. The sports he took part in were softball and hockey. He worked in farming with F Brown in Nanton, 1938-1939 and then with F. G. Jewel 1939-1941 also in Nanton, until enlisting. |
He enlisted on 28 August 1941 and after training embarked from Canada on 7 August 1942. After arriving at 3 PRC on 19 August 1942 he was posted to 3(P)AFU, 29 August 1942, 29 OTU 27 October 1942, 1660 CU 28 May 1943, 44 Sqn 10 July 1943 and 83 Squadron 17 November 1943. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/688/2 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/688/1 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 20-01-1944 |
End Date | 21-01-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Wyton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (27% moon) |
Operation | Berlin |
Reason for Loss | Cause of loss not established |