Davenport, Ralph Frederick
Personal Information
Rank | W/C |
Forename(s) | Ralph Frederick |
Surname | Davenport |
Gender | M |
Age | 32 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 11-03-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of George Frederick and Sadie Gertrude Davenport. Husband of Marion Davenport, of Belleville, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster X |
Serial Number | KB853 |
Markings | SE-A |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 1. B. 8. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 152 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | C/190 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 431 (Iroquois) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Race Control Building, Croft Auto Circuit, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served at RAF Croft, 1941-1945 including 419 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Roadside Location, A167, Dalton on Tees, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial topped with metal statue |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served at RAF Croft, 1941-1945 including 419 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Adjacent to A19, Burn, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | A memorial to all those who served on 431 Sqn RCAF at RCAF Burn, 1942-1943 |
Location | Village Green, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed metal plaques & Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | In memory of all those who served at RCAF Tholthorpe during WW2 including 431 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Old Control Tower, former airfield site, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of all those who served at RCAF Tholthorpe during WW2 including 431 Sqn RCAF |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1858/30 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1858/29 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 11-03-1945 |
End Date | 11-03-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Croft |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Essen. 1079 aircraft, 3 lost. This was the largest number of aircraft sent to a single target so far. Complete cloud cover led to the use of Oboe sky-marking. Some 4661 tons of bombs were dropped with great accuracy, paralysing Essen until the Americans arrived. 897 people were said to be killed although there is no proper report on this raid, such was the level of disarray. This was the last of a very large number of raids on Essen throughout the war, although many were poor due to the propensity for cloud and haze. The total death toll stood at 7000 and the population of the city halved due to people leaving for their own safety. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed in the target area |