Gill, Ronald Luscombe
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Ronald Luscombe |
Surname | Gill |
Gender | M |
Age | 19 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 18-11-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Ernest Luscombe Gill and Beatrice Gill, of Calverley, Leeds, Yorkshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling III |
Serial Number | EF155 |
Markings | IC-O |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 18. B. 6-10. |
Epitaph | GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS (John 15:13-17 ) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 169 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1459774 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 623 |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 18-11-1943 |
End Date | 19-11-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Downham Market |
Day/Night Raid | Night (59% moon) |
Operation | Mannheim. 395 aircraft, 23 losses (5.8%). This was one of the larger diversionary raids and accounts for the high losses. By comparison, the main raid (On Berlin) registered 2.0% losses. There was cloud cover over the target and bombing was scattered as a result. Most of the damage fell to the north of the town, where the Daimler Benz car plant suffered a 90% loss in production as a result. 21 deaths on the ground and 7500 people were bombed out. |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak and crashed at Edenkoben, Germany |