Onley, Ronald Charles
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | Ronald Charles |
Surname | Onley |
Gender | M |
Age | 32 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 11-12-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Fred and Annie Elizabeth Onley. Husband of Irene Onley, of Malden Manor, New Malden, Surrey. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | de Havilland Mosquito XVI |
Serial Number | MM190 |
Markings | M5-O |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Becklingen War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 11. B. 15. |
Epitaph | REMEMBERING ALWAYS HIS HAPPY, UNCONQUERABLE SPIRIT AND DEVOTION TO DUTY |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 221 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 102560 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 128 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Wyton Memorial Garden, Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the Pathfinder Sqns operating from RAF Wyton, 1942-1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/932/35 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/932/34 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 11-12-1944 |
End Date | 12-12-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Wyton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (13% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg. One of 28 Mosquitoes |
Reason for Loss | Hit by heavy flak and crashed in a field just outside Bakel, near Bremerhaven, Germany, at about midnight. |