Lillywhite, Ronald Frank
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Ronald Frank |
Surname | Lillywhite |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | DFM |
Date of Death | 02-02-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Alfred Williams Lillywhite and Alice Harriett Jane Lillywhite, of Storrington, Sussex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | W7882 |
Markings | DY-P |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot JJB. Grave 6. |
Epitaph | HIS WORK WELL DONE, WHICH HELPED TO WIN THE PEACE MUM, DAD AND RALPH |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 199 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1354876 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 102 (Ceylon) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Catherine's Church Barmby Moor, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour in wall mounted wooden case, Sqn Badge above |
Memorial Text | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn Roll of Honour and Sqn badge |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, Easy Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stylised Memorial with inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF and 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF which served at RAF Pocklington during WW2 |
Miscellaneous Information
Awarded an immediate DFM for outstanding skill and determination during an attack on Mannheim in December 1942 (Gazetted 5th January 1943) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/809/4 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/809/3 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-02-1943 |
End Date | 03-02-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Pocklington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (6% moon) |
Operation | Cologne. 161 aircraft, 5 losses (3.1%). Both Oboe and H2S were used by PFF for target marking. Disappointing results- bombing scattered over a wide area. |
Reason for Loss | Collided with 44 Sqn Lancaster I W4819 KM-G. Both aircraft came down at Luyksgestel (Noord Brabant) Netherlands, 20 km SSW of Eindhoven. |