Trueman, Ronald Victor
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Ronald Victor |
Surname | Trueman |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | MiD |
Date of Death | 24-07-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of Roland and Gertrude Trueman. Husband of Eleanor Joan Trueman, of Shatton, Derbyshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington II |
Serial Number | W5537 |
Markings | LQ-O |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 35. |
Epitaph | |
Ribbon Stone | 0579 (Block 7, Column 13, Row 3) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 256 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 61969 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 405 (Vancouver) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | International Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed stone tablet |
Memorial Text | P/O R.V. Truman RAFVR & crew 405 Sqn Lost at Sea 1941 |
Location | Adjacent to Village Windmill, Mill Rd, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Remembering 405 (Vancouver) Sqn. PFF at Gransden Lodge 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Bartholomew's Church, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, RoH and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the 801 airmen of 405 Sqn. RCAF who gave their lives 1941 - 1945 |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Marble Pillar and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of 102 (Ceylon) and 405 (Vancouver) Sqns. Pocklington Airfield |
Miscellaneous Information
Mentioned in Despatches January 1942 |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/7878 (P360851/41) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1787/4 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1787/3 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 24-07-1941 |
End Date | 24-07-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Pocklington |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Brest to attack the Gneisenau |
Reason for Loss | Lost without trace |