| Sergeant Ronald
Ernest Barnicoat was serving as Flight Engineer Halifax Mk. BIII
MZ-641 coded KW-K during an
operation to Hamburg on July 28/29 1944.
The aircraft was lost without a trace in what would be the most
costly night of the war for 6 Group as it would lose 22 aircraft
and crews. Sergeant Barnicoat and crew have no known grave
and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. The
crew consisted of:
|
Name |
Service |
Hometown |
Age |
|
P/O Thomas Granston Barton |
RCAF |
Windsor,Ontario |
21 |
|
P/O James Gibson RCAF |
RCAF |
Irvine's Landing,B.C |
- |
|
P/O William Arnold Murray |
RCAF |
Hamilton,Ontario |
20 |
|
P/O Bernard Eugene Welsh |
RCAF |
- |
27 |
|
P/O Paul Poulos |
RCAF |
Toronto,Ontario |
20 |
|
P/O..Earl Roy Fairey |
RCAF |
Winnipeg,Manitoba |
35 |
|
P/O John Edward Howell |
RCAF |
- |
- |
Sergeant Ronald
Ernest Barnicoat was the son of Ernest and Ethel May Barnicoat
and came from Weymouth,Dorset. Ronald was unmarried and aged 21 at
the time of his death, he is remembered on the War memorial on
Weymouth sea front. |
