Gurd, Ronald Edward Eric
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Ronald Edward Eric |
Surname | Gurd |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 14-10-1942 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | DF636 |
Markings | PT-S |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Ripon Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. H. Grave 393. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 174 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 129532 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 420 (Snowy Owl) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Roman Rd, Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brass plaque set into a stone plinth into which is carved with the Canadian maple leaf and the Yorkshire rose. |
Memorial Text | This memorial is dedicated to those men and women who served at RAF Leeming during World War II, including those from the Royal Canadian Air Force Squadrons, whose members came from all parts of the Commonwealth from 1942 to 1945; 405 Vancouver, 408 Goose |
Location | Opposite old Main Guardroom, RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial & Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In commemoration of those men and women of many nations who served at RAF Leeming during the second world war. |
Location | Outside former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet on Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served at RAF Croft, 1941-1945 including 420 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Village Green, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial, inscribed Metal Plaque and Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | A memorial, in English & French, to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 420 (RCAF) Sqn |
Location | Former Control Tower, Tholthorpe Airfield, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 420 Sqn |
Miscellaneous Information
This crash also claimed the life of five year old Barbara Huggins who was asleep when the Wellington force-landed in a field, crashed through a fence and hit the back of the family house in Greengate Lane, Londonderry, near Bedale. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 13-10-1942 |
End Date | 14-10-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Leeming |
Day/Night Raid | Night (19% moon) |
Operation | Kiel. 288 aircraft, 8 losses (2.8%). A decoy fire drew much of the fire away from the target but the rest was well concentrated on the town. A local diarist noted that there was a huge amount of roof and glass damage and this is due to the use of high capacity blast bombs. He also noted that flak fire was very late in beginning but actually this was a ploy by the German defences to prevent early identification of the target. |
Reason for Loss | Lost power and crashed while going round for a second attempt at landing |