Ronald D. Horder                                                                                     Updated:  09 JAN 2012

Airman: e777360.htm Surname: Horder Init: R D Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 218

P_link: p094.htm Plane: STI N6129 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: North Sea off Rømø

Crash_d: d290742 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

Den 29. juli 1942 styrtede STI N6129 i Nordsøen vest for Rømø (måske omkring her) under et bombetogt til Hamburg. Hele besætningen omkom.

R. C. Eldridge og R. K. Helyer blev fundet drevet i land på Rømø den 30. juli 1942. Den 1. august blev de begravet i Kirkeby af feltpræst Bukin, Sild. (Kilde: FAF)
R. S. Brandish, N. Jackson og H. Windle blev begravet i Kiel i Tyskland. C. M. Farquharson og R. D. Horder forsvandt i havet.

Sergeant Ronald Douglas Horder, 25 år, var søn af Harry Reginald og Violet Eveline Horder, Bitterne, Hampshire, United Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 86 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

2 flyvere fra STI N6129 blev begravet i Kirkeby på Rømø. 3 blev begravet i Kiel i Tyskland. 2 har ingen kendt grav. 7 flyvere.

On 29 July 1942 STI N6129 crashed in the North Sea west of Rømø (maybe about here) on a bombing raid on Hamburg. All of the crew perished.

R. C. Eldridge and R. K. Helyer were found drifted ashore on Rømø on 30 July 1942.
On 1 August they were buried in Kirkeby. Army Chaplain Bukin from Sylt (here) officiated at the graveside ceremony.

R. S. Brandish, N. Jackson and H. Windle were buried in Kiel in Germany. C. M. Farquharson and R. D. Horder disappeared into the sea.

Sergeant Ronald Douglas Horder, 25, was the son of Harry Reginald and Violet Eveline Horder, of Bitterne, Hampshire, United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 86, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)

2 airmen from STI N6129 were buried in Kirkeby on Rømø. 3 were buried in Kiel in Germany. 2 airmen have no known grave.

See Bomber Command No. 218 Squadron and 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron Association. This Stirling took off from RAF Marham. Lost Bombers has this. 7 airmen.