Tong, Ronald Frederick Leonard
Personal Information
Rank | S/L |
Forename(s) | Ronald Frederick Leonard |
Surname | Tong |
Gender | M |
Age | 27 |
Decorations | DFC, Twice MiD |
Date of Death | 10-01-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Percy Charles and Doris Eva Tong. Husband of Kathleen Patricia Tong (Nee Humphreys), of Gravesend. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | de Havilland Mosquito XVI |
Serial Number | PF403 |
Markings | M5-T |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Gravesend Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot B.17. Grave 835. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 255 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 63848 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 128 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Wyton Memorial Garden, Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the Pathfinder Sqns operating from RAF Wyton, 1942-1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/932/37 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/932/36 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 10-01-1945 |
End Date | 11-01-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Wyton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (12% moon) |
Operation | Hannover. 1 of 50 Mosquitoes |
Reason for Loss | Banked steeply, lost control and crashed at Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire |