Etherton, Ronald Henry
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Ronald Henry |
Surname | Etherton |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 13-08-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Henry and Florance Wilson Etherton, of Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LL578 |
Markings | MP-H Bar |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Choloy War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 1. J. 9. |
Epitaph | AT REST |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 161 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 423088 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 76 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Behind old Main Guardroom, former Holme On Spalding Moor Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In Remembrance of the aircrew members from the UK,Australia,New Zealand,Canada and Norway,who gave their lives in the cause of freedom in operational sorties against the enemy from 76 Sqn 1941-1945 and to the ground personal who lost their lives by enemy |
Location | All Saints Church, Holme On Spalding Moor, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window and Roll of Honour within Wooden Box with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | S G Window In memory of 76 Sqn R.A.F / Roll of honour In memory of those members of 76 Sqn R.A.F who were killed on active service 1939-1954 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/652/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/652/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 12-08-1944 |
End Date | 13-08-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Holme-on-Spalding-Moor |
Day/Night Raid | Night (30% moon) |
Operation | Russelsheim to bomb the Opel motor factory, with normal PFF marking (unlike the concurrent Braunschweig raid). 297 aircraft, 20 losses (6.7%). Only slight damage was inflicted with may of the bombs falling in open countryside. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed NE of Ham, Germany and initially interred there in a communal grave. An American unit moved them to St. Avold US Military Cemetery after the end of hostilities but they were later moved to Choloy (1948). |