Dicks, Ronald
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Ronald |
Surname | Dicks |
Gender | M |
Age | 29 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 14-09-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Joseph and Eleanor Dicks. Husband of Winifred Mary Dicks, of Westhouses, Derbyshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | R9166 |
Markings | BU-H |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 17. H. 22. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 155 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1121218 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 214 (Federated Malay States) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside former Officers Mess, Stradishall, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | To commemorate 32 years of service by the men and women of R.A.F. Stradishall 1938 - 1970 |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Plaques and RoH within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1321/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1321/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 13-09-1942 |
End Date | 14-09-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Stradishall |
Day/Night Raid | Night (13% moon) |
Operation | Bremen. 446 aircraft, 21 losses (4.7%). A very heavy raid with 848 houses destroyed and considerable other damage, including Lloyd dynamo works and Focke-Wulf aircraft factory. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed 16km south of Bremen |