Sgt Percy Ragg - 408 Squadron

Sergeant Percy Ragg - 408 Squadron

Sergeant Percy Ragg - RAFVR

Sergeant Percy Ragg was serving as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner on board Hampden Mk.B1 P1218 coded EQ-CQ during an operation to Mannheim on October 23, 1941. The aircraft departed Syerston at 1815hrs but failed to return. Three of the four crew perished in the crash, including Sergeant Percy Ragg.

The crew consisted of:

Name	Service	Hometown	Age
F/Sgt Francis Titcomb	RAFVR	Sudbury, Middlesex	22
Sgt Randall Gifford - POW	RCAF	-	25
Sgt Percy Ragg	RAFVR	Rayleigh,Essex	28
F/Sgt Ronald Walker	RAFVR	Handsworth,Birmingham	23

Sergeant Percy Albert Ragg RAFVR was the son of Andrew and Ruth Ragg and eldest brother to John, Frank, one sister, and a half sister, Janet of East London. A proud Cockney, he married Eveline Creek on June 1^st 1940 at Raleigh Parish church and their daughter Pamela was born on the 1^st March 1942.

Percy with friend.

Those who died are buried in Durnbach War Cemetery. Flight Sergeant Titcomb and Sergeant Gifford RCAF had recently served with 50 squadron. It is believed that Sergeant Gifford RCAF was held in Camp 9C and possibly re-patriated due to injuries. He passed away at Sherbrooke, Quebec in 1962.

Photo courtesy of Martin Armstrong, research by Linda Ibrom.