Ratcliff, Alfred Frank Chilvers
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Alfred Frank Chilvers |
Surname | Ratcliff |
Gender | M |
Age | 26 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 06-08-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Ernest David and Ethel Gertrude Ratcliff, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | Z1577 |
Markings | WS- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 31. E. 1. |
Epitaph | HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND US. LOVINGLY REMEMBERED. HIS SISTERS AND BROTHER ERNEST |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 230 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/78363 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 9 (IX) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Green, Bardney, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial, Propeller and Plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of the killed or missing of IX Sqd. 1939 - 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/126/37 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/126/36 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 23-07-1942 |
End Date | 24-07-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Honington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (80% moon) |
Operation | Duisburg. 291 aircraft. Marker flares, dropped using Gee, were off target which meant that the whole operation was inaccurate, although the Thyssen steelworks was hit and almost 100 houses destroyed |
Reason for Loss | Crashed NNW of Geldern, Germany |