Ridder, Warren Henry
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Warren Henry |
Surname | Ridder |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 05-09-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of John Ridder and Charlotte Ridder (née Bolt), of Long Island City, New York, USA |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | BJ602 |
Markings | VR-J |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 106. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 232 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/54463 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 419 (Moose) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United States of America |
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
Warren was born on 3 November 1920 at Astoria, Long Island, New York, USA. His father was born in Long Island City and was retired and his mother was born USA (no place shown). He had one brother Milton who was in service in America. The schools Warren attended were Robert E. Simons, Junior High 1928-1937 (general) and Textile High School 1937-1940 (Jnr. Matric and machine shop). The sports he took part in were baseball and hockey and his hobbies, guns and machinery. He tried a couple of jobs during 1939-1940 spending two months as a machinist at each. One was at a white metal pool and the other at Kelly Wire Company. He then spent a short time at Farm Crest Bakeries as a machine attendant in 1940. |
He enlisted on 3 September 1940, while the United States was still neutral. After basic training Warren embarked from Canada on 13 December 1941 and arrived at 3PRC on 26 December 1941. He then went through 2(0) AFU 28 March 1942, 22 OTU on 28 April 1942 and arrived at 419 Squadron on 21 July 1942. He sadly lost his life on 5 September 1942. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1822/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1822/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 04-09-1942 |
End Date | 05-09-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Topcliffe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (29% moon) |
Operation | Bremen. 251 aircraft, 12 losses (4.8%). This was the first time PFF used a 3 force strategy- illuminators to light the area with white incendiaries, visual markers who used coloured flares to identify the target and 'backers-up' to drop incendiaries on the previously marked targets. The weather was clear and the raid was a great success. Weser aircraft factory and Atlas shipbuilders seriously hit. |
Reason for Loss | Lost without trace |