Rugeroni-Hope, Joseph Raymond Charles
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Joseph Raymond Charles |
Surname | Rugeroni-Hope |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 31-01-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Joseph A. Rugeroni-Hope and of Carmen Rugeroni-Hope, of Edinburgh. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington lll |
Serial Number | LA837 |
Markings | F |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Edinburgh (Mount Vernon) Roman Catholic Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. O. Grave 148. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 93 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1387054 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 91 |
Squadron | 19 OTU |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | Gibraltar |
Other Memorials
Location | Off A96, Balnageith near Forres, Grampian, Scotland |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Cairn, Inscribed Metal Plaques & Aircraft Sculpture |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to all who served with 19 OTU, RAF Forres |
Miscellaneous Information
His name appears on a commemorative tablet on the ground floor of Gibraltar's Parliament building and on the Gibraltar War Memorial at the National memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire. He is therefore taken as bring Gibraltarian for the purposes of this record. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 31-01-1943 |
End Date | 31-01-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Kinloss |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training - Cross Country |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft took off from Kinloss at 1035 hrs for a Cross Country Flight . Late in the afternoon , while receiving homing advice from direction finding stations, all contact ceased at around 1700 hrs . It was later established that the aircraft had flown into high ground 2000 ft above sea level in the hills of Cromdale, near Grantown on Spey |