Phelps-Hopkins, Ronald Vivian
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Ronald Vivian |
Surname | Phelps-Hopkins |
Gender | M |
Age | 24 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 25-06-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Leonard Seymour Phelps Hopkins and Mabel Doris Hopkins, of Kaiapoi, Canterbury, New Zealand. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling III |
Serial Number | EH892 |
Markings | HA-U |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 9. F. 12. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 225 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 411899 |
Service | Royal New Zealand Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 218 (Gold Coast) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | New Zealand |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Mary's Church, Bexwell, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of the squadrons based at R.A.F. Downham Market and those who have their lives during the 1939 - 1945 war |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH and Sqn Crest |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1351/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1351/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 24-06-1943 |
End Date | 25-06-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Downham Market |
Day/Night Raid | Night (48% moon) |
Operation | Wuppertal. 630 aircraft, 34 losses (5.4%). An attack on the Elberfeld half of the town- the Barmen half having been devastated a month ago. PFF marking was accurate but creepback was more evident than normal. A post-war British survey suggest that 95% of the Elberfeld half was destroyed. Approximately 1800 deaths, 300 homes destroyed and 171 businesses knocked out. |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak and crashed onto high ground west of Vettelschoss, Germany |