Roller, Ray Calvin
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Ray Calvin |
Surname | Roller |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 16-01-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Walter Boyd Roller and Olive Christenia Roller, of Neelin, Manitoba, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | PA189 |
Markings | HW-P |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 14. Z. 2-7. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 92 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/210007 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 100 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Roller Lake, Manitoba; 30km east of Reindeer Lake |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Lake |
Memorial Text |
Location | Off the A16, Holton le Clay, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Pillar & Information Boards |
Memorial Text | Do not attack the Hornets nest, 100 Squadron Royal Air Force Waltham Grimsby, December 1942 April 1945, Honour the brave |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/798/2 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/798/1 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 16-01-1945 |
End Date | 17-01-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Grimsby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (10% moon) |
Operation | Zeitz |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft took off at 1731hrs to bomb Braunkohle-Benzin synthetic oil complex. Aircraft crashed at 2230hrs at Questenberg, approx 4km NE Rossia, on the Nordhausen to Sangerhause Road. |