Barnes, Ronald Arthur
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Ronald Arthur |
Surname | Barnes |
Gender | M |
Age | 30 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 06-12-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Frederick Charles and Nellie Louisa Barnes. Husband of Sylvia Olive Barnes, of Romford, Essex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Douglas Boston III |
Serial Number | AL737 |
Markings | OM-U |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 13. C. 11. |
Epitaph | TO ME WHO LOVED AND LOST YOU, YOUR MEMORY WILL NEVER GROW OLD |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 127 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1377006 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 2 |
Squadron | 107 |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Andrew's Church, Little Massingham, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour with wooden and glass cabinet |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to all who lost their lives operating from RAF Great Massingham during WWII |
Location | Church of St. Andrew, Little Massingham, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour in Wooden Case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour to those who served at RAF Little Massingham during WW2, including 107 Sqn |
Location | Adjacent to Northern Perimeter of Airfield, Wattisham, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial with inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who served at RAF Wattisham during WW2, including 107 Sqn, who along with 110 Sqn delivered the first air raids of the War |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/843/20 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/843/19 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 06-12-1942 |
End Date | 06-12-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Great Massingham |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Operation Oyster. Eindhoven- Philips radio and valve factory (by day). 93 aircraft, 17 losses (18.2%), although the loss rate for the underpowered Venturas was 19% even higher. The 8th Air Force operated a diversionary raid to Lille using Spitfires as escort. A low level raid in clear conditions led to very accurate bombing and the factory was extensively damaged. The raid was deliberately planned for a Sunday when few employees would have been on site. Full production took 6 months to achieve due to the level of damage. Of the aircraft that successfully returned an extraordinarily high number (23) sustained bird strike damage! |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by fighters and crashed into the sea off the Dutch coast |