| Name |
WARE Ralph Taverham |
| Prefix |
Flying Officer |
| Suffix |
MID |
| Born |
20 Aug 1914 |
West Ham ESS  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Baptism |
4 Oct 1914 |
Taverham NFK [2] |
| Military |
Between 1933 and 21 Jan 1945 |
England, France, Greece and the Middle East [3] |
| Served in the RAF from c. 1933-1945. No. 52938, trained as an Airctraft Hand and as a Photographer before bein accepted for pilot training which he completed in time to take part in the Battle of Britain. |
- Brief Wartime Service Record
On 31st August 1939 Ware was serving with 32 Squadron at Biggin Hill. He joined 3 Squadron in France on 14th May 1940. The squadron was withdrawn to Kenley on the 20th.
Ware served with 3 Squadron throughout the Battle of Britain and was posted away to 501 Squadron at Kenley on 2nd December 1940.
In early 1941 Ware was posted to the Middle East. On 18th April he joined 112 Squadron, operating Gladiators, in Greece. On 5th May he intercepted a high-flying SM79 and claimed it as destroyed, this was confirmed by army observers on the ground. The squadron was withdrawn from Crete to Fayid, Egypt in May.
Ware was promoted to Warrant Officer on 1st October 1941 and commissioned in June 1943.
He was killed on 21st January 1945 as a Flying Officer with No. 1 OADU Transit Flight. Mosquito NFXIX TA439 crashed off the Scilly Islands in bad weather, possibly due to icing. W/O Edwin J Goudie was also lost.
Ware was 30 and is remembered on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 268.
Lest We Forget
|
| Died |
21 Jan 1945 |
Off the Isles of Scilly ENG [4] |
| Age: 30y |
- No known grave. Remembered on panel 268 of the Air Forces Memorial, Runnymede at Englefield Green in Surrey.
|
| Probate |
30 Nov 1946 |
Exeter DEV [5] |
| Person ID |
I48793 |
The Relatives of F.L. WALTER |
| Last Modified |
20 Mar 2025 |
1914 - 1945 (30 years)