Ainsworth, Ronald Theodore
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Ronald Theodore |
Surname | Ainsworth |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Date of Death | 14-05-1940 |
Next of Kin | Adopted Son of Bertha A. Ainsworth, of Beare Green, Surrey. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Fairey Battle I |
Serial Number | L4952 |
Markings | PH-X |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Pouru-St. Remy Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Joint grave 3. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 121 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 551745 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | AASF |
Squadron | 12 |
Squadron Motto | Leads the field |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 14-05-1940 |
End Date | 14-05-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Amifontaine |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Attacking ground forces in the Ardennes |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Pouru-St Remy after being hit by ground fire. The pilot survived |