Ridsdale, Bernard
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Bernard |
Surname | Ridsdale |
Gender | M |
Date of Death | 29-09-1943 |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | JB143 |
Markings | VN-L |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 163. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 90 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1457270 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 50 |
Squadron Motto | Sic fidem servamus (Thus we keep faith) |
Trade | Navigator |
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 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 29-09-1943 |
End Date | 30-09-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Skellingthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (0% moon) |
Operation | Mine laying in the Baltic |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and ditched east of Denmark. All made good their exit from the aircraft but Sgt Risdale was swept into the sea and drowned. |