Ramsdell, Charles Homer
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Charles Homer |
Surname | Ramsdell |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | PH |
Date of Death | 15-06-1944 |
Next of Kin | Hailed from New Jersey |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LV966 |
Markings | BM-P |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | American Cemetery and Memorial Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy |
Grave Reference | Plot B Row 8 Grave 33. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 230 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | T-223113 |
Service | United States Army Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 433 (Porcupine) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United States of America |
Miscellaneous Information
Originally joined RCAF under service number R/117546. Transferred to USAAF but continued to fly with RCAF whilst awaiting transfer to USAAF and was killed in action. |
Originally buried in Valenciennes with the rest of the crew but was exhumed in 1945 and reburied temporarily in St. André de l'Eure. Eventually reinterred in American Cemetery and Memorial Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy. |
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1862/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1862/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 14-06-1944 |
End Date | 15-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Skipton on Swale |
Day/Night Raid | Night (35% moon) |
Operation | Cambrai- to attack railway facilities. Part of a 330 aircraft force to attack a number of railway installations in the general area around Normandy. All the targets were either cloud or haze covered and bombing was not especially concentrated as a result. Four aircraft Lost, including the Douai Master Bomber. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Saultain, SE of Valenciennes, France |