Good, Ralph Edward
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Ralph Edward |
Surname | Good |
Gender | M |
Age | 30 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 19-08-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Reid Good and Sophie Good (née Hammond), of Carcross, Yukon Territory, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster X |
Serial Number | KB743 |
Markings | NA-I |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Sage War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 10. C. 13. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 171 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/88030 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 428 (Ghost) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to fomer St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed slate tablets |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to all who served on 428 (RCAF) Sqn at Middleton St. George during WWII, especially those who made the supreme sacrifice |
Miscellaneous Information
Ralph was born on 1 May 1914 at Carcross, Yukon Territory. His father was born in New Brunswick and was a Trapper and his mother was born at Carcross,Y.T. He had brothers Fred and William and sisters Dorothy and Joyce. The school he attended during 1931-1933 was Tagish, Carcross. Before then Ralph was tutored at home by his mother. The sports he enjoyed were boxing, wrestling, swimming, target practice. Ralph worked for Dominion Government 1936-1941, For George Ryder as a Sawyer, 1940-1940, and then for White Pass & Yukon Rail as a truck driver during 1941. Between 1933-1936 and then 1941-1942 he worked for himself, trapping. |
He then enlisted on 24 August 1942. After training he was posted to the U.K., embarking from Halifax on 21 July 1943, and arriving at 3 PRC on 30 July 1943. He was then at 1664 CU 7 August 1943, and 428 Squadron on 26 August 1943. Ralph sadly lost his life on 19 August 1944. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 18-08-1944 |
End Date | 19-08-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Night (0% moon) |
Operation | Bremen. 288 aircraft, 1 Lancaster lost (0.3%). Visibility was good and PFF marking excellent. This was the most destructive raid of the war on Bremen with over 1100 tons of bombs being dropped. The centre and north-west regions were completely devastated, including the docks area. 8635 houses were burnt out and 611 badly damaged. The local report is unusually emotive, the author stating that the 'list of damaged commercial and industrial buildings would be endless'. He did, however, state that 18 ships were sunk and 61 seriously damaged. The emotive nature of the report is perhaps reflective of the sentiment of the population as whole since the German authorities issued special ration cards with additional luxury goods such as bean coffee, spirits and sweets for children, to help raise morale. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down on fire. All of the crew baled out and became PoW, except F/S Good, who was too badly injured to leave the aircraft |