Good, Ralph Edward

Personal Information

Rank P/O
Forename(s) Ralph Edward
Surname Good
Gender M
Age 30
Decorations
Date of Death 19-08-1944
Next of Kin Son of Reid Good and Sophie Good (née Hammond), of Carcross, Yukon Territory, Canada.
GOOD RE

Aircraft Information

Aircraft Avro Lancaster X
Serial Number KB743
Markings NA-I

Memorial Information

Burial/Memorial Country Germany
Burial/Memorial Place Sage War Cemetery
Grave Reference 10. C. 13.
Epitaph

IBCC Memorial Information

Phase 2
Panel Number 171

Enlistment Information

Service Number J/88030
Service Royal Canadian Air Force
Group 6
Squadron 428 (Ghost)
Trade Air Gunner
Country of Origin Canada

Other Memorials

Location Adjacent to fomer St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Memorial Stone with inscribed slate tablets
Memorial Text Dedicated to all who served on 428 (RCAF) Sqn at Middleton St. George during WWII, especially those who made the supreme sacrifice
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Miscellaneous Information

Ralph was born on 1 May 1914 at Carcross, Yukon Territory. His father was born in New Brunswick and was a Trapper and his mother was born at Carcross,Y.T. He had brothers Fred and William and sisters Dorothy and Joyce. The school he attended during 1931-1933 was Tagish, Carcross. Before then Ralph was tutored at home by his mother. The sports he enjoyed were boxing, wrestling, swimming, target practice. Ralph worked for Dominion Government 1936-1941, For George Ryder as a Sawyer, 1940-1940, and then for White Pass & Yukon Rail as a truck driver during 1941. Between 1933-1936 and then 1941-1942 he worked for himself, trapping.
He then enlisted on 24 August 1942. After training he was posted to the U.K., embarking from Halifax on 21 July 1943, and arriving at 3 PRC on 30 July 1943. He was then at 1664 CU 7 August 1943, and 428 Squadron on 26 August 1943. Ralph sadly lost his life on 19 August 1944.

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Last Operation Information

Start Date 18-08-1944
End Date 19-08-1944
Takeoff Station Middleton St. George
Day/Night Raid Night (0% moon)
Operation Bremen. 288 aircraft, 1 Lancaster lost (0.3%). Visibility was good and PFF marking excellent. This was the most destructive raid of the war on Bremen with over 1100 tons of bombs being dropped. The centre and north-west regions were completely devastated, including the docks area. 8635 houses were burnt out and 611 badly damaged. The local report is unusually emotive, the author stating that the 'list of damaged commercial and industrial buildings would be endless'. He did, however, state that 18 ships were sunk and 61 seriously damaged. The emotive nature of the report is perhaps reflective of the sentiment of the population as whole since the German authorities issued special ration cards with additional luxury goods such as bean coffee, spirits and sweets for children, to help raise morale.
Reason for Loss Shot down on fire. All of the crew baled out and became PoW, except F/S Good, who was too badly injured to leave the aircraft
 
 
 
 

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