405 Squadron's Pathfinder Force Avro Lancaster (#JA976) aircraft, on an air operation over Montzen, Belgium, was shot down by a German night fighter and crashed near Webbekom in Belgium. Seven of the eight aircrew perished in the attack and resulting crash.
The casualties of this attack were-
RCAF Flight Lieutenant Lawrence Arnold ALLEN DFC,
RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Alexander BOOTH,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant James Sydney BRADLEY,
RCAF Pilot Officer Nicholas Hugh CLIFFORD,
RCAF Pilot Officer Leslie Arthur FOSTER,
RCAF Flight Lieutenant David RAMSAY DFC and
RCAF Flight Lieutenant George John SMITH.
The only survivor, the pilot RCAF Squadron Leader Edward ('TEDDY') Weyman BLENKINSOP DFC, joined the underground; he was later captured and imprisoned, dying of tuberculosis in the Belsen Concentration Camp.
Military Service-
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Trade: Air Bomber
Service Number: J/12973
Age: 23
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 405 'City of Vancouver' RCAF Squadron, Pathfinder Force; Gransdon Lodge (No. 8 Group base) in Cambridgeshire
[MOTTO: Ducimus ('We Lead")]
Honours and Awards:-
**Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC), London Gazette dated 30 November 1943 "This officer has been bombing leader in his squadron for a period of seven months and during that time has taken part in a large number of operations against German and Italian targets. Flight Lieutenant Ramsay has, by his enthusiasm and leadership, set a splendid example of accurate bombing to all crews and has himself on several occasions made a second or third bombing run."
**Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm (Deceased) Awarded as per Canada Gazette 17 July 1948, "For exceptional war services rendered to Belgium in the course of liberation and in its defence".
A carpenter by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 28 Aug 1941 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Son of Peter F. and Isabella Ramsay of Port Alberni, British Columbia.
Flight Lieutenant David Ramsay, DFC, is commemorated on Page 423 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
The casualties of this attack were-
RCAF Flight Lieutenant Lawrence Arnold ALLEN DFC,
RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Alexander BOOTH,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant James Sydney BRADLEY,
RCAF Pilot Officer Nicholas Hugh CLIFFORD,
RCAF Pilot Officer Leslie Arthur FOSTER,
RCAF Flight Lieutenant David RAMSAY DFC and
RCAF Flight Lieutenant George John SMITH.
The only survivor, the pilot RCAF Squadron Leader Edward ('TEDDY') Weyman BLENKINSOP DFC, joined the underground; he was later captured and imprisoned, dying of tuberculosis in the Belsen Concentration Camp.
Military Service-
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Trade: Air Bomber
Service Number: J/12973
Age: 23
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 405 'City of Vancouver' RCAF Squadron, Pathfinder Force; Gransdon Lodge (No. 8 Group base) in Cambridgeshire
[MOTTO: Ducimus ('We Lead")]
Honours and Awards:-
**Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC), London Gazette dated 30 November 1943 "This officer has been bombing leader in his squadron for a period of seven months and during that time has taken part in a large number of operations against German and Italian targets. Flight Lieutenant Ramsay has, by his enthusiasm and leadership, set a splendid example of accurate bombing to all crews and has himself on several occasions made a second or third bombing run."
**Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm (Deceased) Awarded as per Canada Gazette 17 July 1948, "For exceptional war services rendered to Belgium in the course of liberation and in its defence".
A carpenter by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 28 Aug 1941 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Son of Peter F. and Isabella Ramsay of Port Alberni, British Columbia.
Flight Lieutenant David Ramsay, DFC, is commemorated on Page 423 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
405 Squadron's Pathfinder Force Avro Lancaster (#JA976) aircraft, on an air operation over Montzen, Belgium, was shot down by a German night fighter and crashed near Webbekom in Belgium. Seven of the eight aircrew perished in the attack and resulting crash.
The casualties of this attack were-
RCAF Flight Lieutenant Lawrence Arnold ALLEN DFC,
RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Alexander BOOTH,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant James Sydney BRADLEY,
RCAF Pilot Officer Nicholas Hugh CLIFFORD,
RCAF Pilot Officer Leslie Arthur FOSTER,
RCAF Flight Lieutenant David RAMSAY DFC and
RCAF Flight Lieutenant George John SMITH.
The only survivor, the pilot RCAF Squadron Leader Edward ('TEDDY') Weyman BLENKINSOP DFC, joined the underground; he was later captured and imprisoned, dying of tuberculosis in the Belsen Concentration Camp.
Military Service-
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Trade: Air Bomber
Service Number: J/12973
Age: 23
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 405 'City of Vancouver' RCAF Squadron, Pathfinder Force; Gransdon Lodge (No. 8 Group base) in Cambridgeshire
[MOTTO: Ducimus ('We Lead")]
Honours and Awards:-
**Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC), London Gazette dated 30 November 1943 "This officer has been bombing leader in his squadron for a period of seven months and during that time has taken part in a large number of operations against German and Italian targets. Flight Lieutenant Ramsay has, by his enthusiasm and leadership, set a splendid example of accurate bombing to all crews and has himself on several occasions made a second or third bombing run."
**Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm (Deceased) Awarded as per Canada Gazette 17 July 1948, "For exceptional war services rendered to Belgium in the course of liberation and in its defence".
A carpenter by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 28 Aug 1941 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Son of Peter F. and Isabella Ramsay of Port Alberni, British Columbia.
Flight Lieutenant David Ramsay, DFC, is commemorated on Page 423 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
The casualties of this attack were-
RCAF Flight Lieutenant Lawrence Arnold ALLEN DFC,
RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Alexander BOOTH,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant James Sydney BRADLEY,
RCAF Pilot Officer Nicholas Hugh CLIFFORD,
RCAF Pilot Officer Leslie Arthur FOSTER,
RCAF Flight Lieutenant David RAMSAY DFC and
RCAF Flight Lieutenant George John SMITH.
The only survivor, the pilot RCAF Squadron Leader Edward ('TEDDY') Weyman BLENKINSOP DFC, joined the underground; he was later captured and imprisoned, dying of tuberculosis in the Belsen Concentration Camp.
Military Service-
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Trade: Air Bomber
Service Number: J/12973
Age: 23
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 405 'City of Vancouver' RCAF Squadron, Pathfinder Force; Gransdon Lodge (No. 8 Group base) in Cambridgeshire
[MOTTO: Ducimus ('We Lead")]
Honours and Awards:-
**Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC), London Gazette dated 30 November 1943 "This officer has been bombing leader in his squadron for a period of seven months and during that time has taken part in a large number of operations against German and Italian targets. Flight Lieutenant Ramsay has, by his enthusiasm and leadership, set a splendid example of accurate bombing to all crews and has himself on several occasions made a second or third bombing run."
**Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm (Deceased) Awarded as per Canada Gazette 17 July 1948, "For exceptional war services rendered to Belgium in the course of liberation and in its defence".
A carpenter by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 28 Aug 1941 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Son of Peter F. and Isabella Ramsay of Port Alberni, British Columbia.
Flight Lieutenant David Ramsay, DFC, is commemorated on Page 423 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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