Rickard, Ronald Arthur
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Ronald Arthur |
Surname | Rickard |
Gender | M |
Age | 28 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 20-05-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Arthur Percy and Annie Lillian Rickard, of Manchester. Husband of Marjorie Iris Rickard, of Blackley, Manchester. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington X |
Serial Number | NC594 |
Markings | A1-W |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Manchester Crematorium |
Grave Reference | Panel 20. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 90 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 187301 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 91 |
Squadron | 20 OTU |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Church St, Lossiemouth, Morayshire, Scotland |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Near this site on 20 May 1945, 8 Civilians and 3 Aircrew lost their lives. This plaque is erected to their memory and to the memory of all other civilians and servicemen who were killed in Lossiemouth during WWII |
Location | Rural location, Bogs O'Mayne, Morayshire, Scotland |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, Mural & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | Erected on the site of RAF Elgin (Bogs of Mayne) a satellite airfield for No 20 OTU Lossiemouth between 1940 and 1945. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 20-05-1945 |
End Date | 20-05-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Lossiemouth |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Air Test |
Reason for Loss | An engine started to misfire and then the Wellington dived into a block of municipal housing in Church Street, Seatown, near Lossiemouth, killing a woman and five of her children and another mother and child. The family's surname was Flood |