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Sgt Ronald Arthur Ellis

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Sgt Ronald Arthur Ellis

Birth
Death
12 Oct 1944
Burial
Newhaven, Lewes District, East Sussex, England Add to Map
Plot
Grave 515.
Memorial ID
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1897461 Sergeant Air Gnr. Ronald Arthur Ellis
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Died age 23
Son of Arthur and Daisy Ruth Ellis, of Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Wellington JA475

JA475 took off 1420 Market Harborough for a solo crosscountry. Encountered a violent electrical storm (at the time the Wellington was flying twixt 4000 & 6000 ft) and crashed 1445 just to the S of Guilsborough, 9 miles NW of Northampton.

Crew:

Flt Sgt (Pilot) Leonard James STOTT - 1458650

Sgt (Nav) Charles William West - 1605603

Sgt (AG) Kenneth Lawrence Hilton - 3034356

Sgt (Air Bomber) Ian Douglas Fletcher - 1420555

1591886 SergeantW.Op./Air Gnr. George Moreman Died age 19
1897461 Sergeant Air Gnr. Ronald Arthur Ellis
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Died age 23
Son of Arthur and Daisy Ruth Ellis, of Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Wellington JA475

JA475 took off 1420 Market Harborough for a solo crosscountry. Encountered a violent electrical storm (at the time the Wellington was flying twixt 4000 & 6000 ft) and crashed 1445 just to the S of Guilsborough, 9 miles NW of Northampton.

Crew:

Flt Sgt (Pilot) Leonard James STOTT - 1458650

Sgt (Nav) Charles William West - 1605603

Sgt (AG) Kenneth Lawrence Hilton - 3034356

Sgt (Air Bomber) Ian Douglas Fletcher - 1420555

1591886 SergeantW.Op./Air Gnr. George Moreman Died age 19

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