Ricketts, Roy Munro
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Roy Munro |
Surname | Ricketts |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 30-05-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Frederick Charles and Amelia Pearl Ricketts, of Mactier, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | JB793 |
Markings | VR-X |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hotton War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave V. C. 1- 5. |
Epitaph | THY PURPOSE WE CANNOT SEE BUT ALL IS WELL,LORD, THAT'S DONE BY THEE" MOM, DAD & FAMILY |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 232 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/153603 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 419 (Moose) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside Former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Memorial Tablet on Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to Nos 419, 420 and 428 Sqns RCAF who flew from RAF Middleton St George during WW2 |
Miscellaneous Information
Three survivors managed to evade capture until January 1944 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1822/32 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1822/31 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 29-05-1943 |
End Date | 30-05-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Night (16% moon) |
Operation | Wuppertal. 719 aircraft, 33 losses(4.6%). PFF target marking and the resultant main force bombing was especially accurate, leading to what was probably the first instance of a 'firestorm'. Five of the six largest factories in the town, 211 other industrial premises and almost 4000 homes were completely destroyed. Approximately 3400 deaths- five times greater than any other city raid. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter on return leg and crashed SW of Eupen, Belgium. |