Spencer, Ronald
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Ronald |
Surname | Spencer |
Gender | M |
Age | 19 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 20-09-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Alfred and Edith May Spencer, of Leicester. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | BF334 |
Markings | OJ-R |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 94. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 245 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1433222 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 149 (East India) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. George's Church, Methwold, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour & inscribed window |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour of 149 Sqn RAF and a window remembering the men and women of all Nations who served at RAF Methwold, 1939-1945 |
Miscellaneous Information
The aircraft had been borrowed from 149 Conversion Flight |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1002/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1002/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 19-09-1942 |
End Date | 20-09-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Bourn |
Day/Night Raid | Night (75% moon) |
Operation | Munich. 89 aircraft, 6 losses (6.7%). Approx 40% of the bombers dropped their bomb loads within 3 miles of the target |
Reason for Loss | Ditched off Ramsgate due to engine failure, breaking into four sections as it crashed. Two survivors swam for shore pulling Sgt King in the dinghy while another stayed with the badly injured Sgt Davies, who was also badly injured. They were found some 4 hours later by a passing trawler but sadly Sgt King had not survived. |