Ernest Ronald Maurice Runnacles was born on April 24, 1914, in General Lavalle, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Son of Maurice Arthur Runnacles and of Margaret Helen Runnacles (nee MacFarlane), of General Lavalle, Buenos Aires, Argentine. Ornithologist. He had two brothers and four sisters. He died on September 10, 1942, in Netherlands at the age of 28, P/o. Runnacles was the Observer on Stirling W7630 7 Squadron, which crashed near the Abdij Lilbosch-Echt Holland...
Takeoff at 20:13 hrs local time for an operation to Düsseldorf in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Wandam & Feldwebel Schöpke of the 3./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Venlo airfield.
Two of the crew were initially buried at Venlo:
Pilot / F/Lt. L.R. Barr DFC+ 43627 RAF / Jonkerbos war cemetery in Gelderland; grave 12 D 8 / initially buried Venlo
Second Pilot / P/O. I.D. Fountain J/9420 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 100
Flight Engineer / Sgt. M.S. Pepper DFM 565929 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 91
Observer / P/O. P.G. Freberg DFC J/6659 RCAF / evaded capture; reached Gibraltar 21 October
Wireless Operator / P/O. E.H. Cook 123290 RAF / prisoner of war
Front Gunner / P/O. E.R.M. Runnacles 118622 RAF / Jonkerbos war cemetery in Gelderland; grave 12 D 8 / initially buried Venlo
Mid Upper Gunner / Sgt. J. Greenwood 1113288 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 84
Rear Gunner / Sgt. P.B.P. Price 1266398 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 91
Takeoff at 20:13 hrs local time for an operation to Düsseldorf in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Wandam & Feldwebel Schöpke of the 3./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Venlo airfield.
Two of the crew were initially buried at Venlo:
Pilot / F/Lt. L.R. Barr DFC+ 43627 RAF / Jonkerbos war cemetery in Gelderland; grave 12 D 8 / initially buried Venlo
Second Pilot / P/O. I.D. Fountain J/9420 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 100
Flight Engineer / Sgt. M.S. Pepper DFM 565929 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 91
Observer / P/O. P.G. Freberg DFC J/6659 RCAF / evaded capture; reached Gibraltar 21 October
Wireless Operator / P/O. E.H. Cook 123290 RAF / prisoner of war
Front Gunner / P/O. E.R.M. Runnacles 118622 RAF / Jonkerbos war cemetery in Gelderland; grave 12 D 8 / initially buried Venlo
Mid Upper Gunner / Sgt. J. Greenwood 1113288 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 84
Rear Gunner / Sgt. P.B.P. Price 1266398 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 91
Ernest Ronald Maurice Runnacles was born on April 24, 1914, in General Lavalle, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Son of Maurice Arthur Runnacles and of Margaret Helen Runnacles (nee MacFarlane), of General Lavalle, Buenos Aires, Argentine. Ornithologist. He had two brothers and four sisters. He died on September 10, 1942, in Netherlands at the age of 28, P/o. Runnacles was the Observer on Stirling W7630 7 Squadron, which crashed near the Abdij Lilbosch-Echt Holland...
Takeoff at 20:13 hrs local time for an operation to Düsseldorf in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Wandam & Feldwebel Schöpke of the 3./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Venlo airfield.
Two of the crew were initially buried at Venlo:
Pilot / F/Lt. L.R. Barr DFC+ 43627 RAF / Jonkerbos war cemetery in Gelderland; grave 12 D 8 / initially buried Venlo
Second Pilot / P/O. I.D. Fountain J/9420 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 100
Flight Engineer / Sgt. M.S. Pepper DFM 565929 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 91
Observer / P/O. P.G. Freberg DFC J/6659 RCAF / evaded capture; reached Gibraltar 21 October
Wireless Operator / P/O. E.H. Cook 123290 RAF / prisoner of war
Front Gunner / P/O. E.R.M. Runnacles 118622 RAF / Jonkerbos war cemetery in Gelderland; grave 12 D 8 / initially buried Venlo
Mid Upper Gunner / Sgt. J. Greenwood 1113288 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 84
Rear Gunner / Sgt. P.B.P. Price 1266398 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 91
Takeoff at 20:13 hrs local time for an operation to Düsseldorf in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Wandam & Feldwebel Schöpke of the 3./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Venlo airfield.
Two of the crew were initially buried at Venlo:
Pilot / F/Lt. L.R. Barr DFC+ 43627 RAF / Jonkerbos war cemetery in Gelderland; grave 12 D 8 / initially buried Venlo
Second Pilot / P/O. I.D. Fountain J/9420 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 100
Flight Engineer / Sgt. M.S. Pepper DFM 565929 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 91
Observer / P/O. P.G. Freberg DFC J/6659 RCAF / evaded capture; reached Gibraltar 21 October
Wireless Operator / P/O. E.H. Cook 123290 RAF / prisoner of war
Front Gunner / P/O. E.R.M. Runnacles 118622 RAF / Jonkerbos war cemetery in Gelderland; grave 12 D 8 / initially buried Venlo
Mid Upper Gunner / Sgt. J. Greenwood 1113288 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 84
Rear Gunner / Sgt. P.B.P. Price 1266398 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 91
Inscription
SPLENDID YOU PASSED. . . . INTO THE LIGHT THAT NEVERMORE SHALL FADE
Gravesite Details
118622
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