Ronald Fitch                                                                                             Updated: 11 OCT 2021

Airman: e777107.htm Surname: Fitch Init: R Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 206

P_link: p332.htm Plane: B24 EV947 Operation: Anti ship Crash_site: Skagerrak

Crash_d: d150744 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

B24 EV947 forsvandt den 15. juli 1944 under anti shipping patrulje over Nordsøen og Skagerrak. Flyet formodes nødlandet i Skagerrak.

Liget af F/O L.B. Mollard blev fundet ved Højen (omkring her) den 4. september, og den 7. september blev han begravet på Skagen Kirkegård af
pastor H.P. Waage Beck.
Et andet besætningsmedlem, P/O Hilton, blev fundet i en gummibåd på havet, og han er begravet i England.

Fra B24 EV947 har 8 flyvere ingen kendt grav. (Kilder: FT 89-72-37 og FAF)

Sergeant Ronald Fitch, 19 år, var søn af Edward og Frances Fitch, Chasetown, Staffordshire, United Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 229 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)
10 flyvere.

On 15 July 1944 B24 EV947 disappeared on an anti shipping patrol over the North Sea and the Skagerrak, presumably ditched in the Skagerrak.

The body of F/O L.B. Mollard was found at Højen (about here) on 4 September, and he was buried in Skagen Cemetery on 7 September by
vicar H.P. Waage Beck.
Another crew member, P/O Hilton, was found in a dinghy at sea, and he is buried in England.

8 airmen from B24 EV947 have no known grave. (Sources: FT 89-72-37 and FAF)

Sergeant Ronald Fitch, 19, was the son of Edward and Frances Fitch, of Chasetown, Staffordshire, United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 229, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)

This B-24 Liberator from No. 206 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia - a plane from Coastal Command - took off from RAF Leuchars.
See also RAF Leuchars - RAF Station homepage.  10 airmen.