Date of birth:

1921 (Hednesford/Staffordshire, United Kingdom)

Date of death:

January 14th, 1944

Buried on:

Hanover Commonwealth War Cemetery
Plot: 4. Row: D. Grave: 6.

Service number:

649966

Nationality:

British

Ronald Haywood was was one of 5 brothers (one in the R.A.M.C. in Italy and one in the Navy) and 3 sisters. He attended Rawnsley Council School and later the County Mining College. He was employed by the Cannock and Rugeley colliery company, working with the surveyors. A keen musician, he joined, at a very early age, the Territorials with whom his brother and father served. He played the clarinet in that band and also the Hednesford Town band.
When he reached the age of eighteen his ambition to join the Air Force was realised,
He was serving as a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner on board Lancaster Mk.III JA935 coded MG-O during an operation to Braunschweig on the January 14/15 1945. The aircraft left Oakington at 1659hrs to attack the target but failed to return. The entire crew was lost. During the raid, in total 38 British aircraft were lost.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Warrant Officer

Unit:

No. 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Awarded on:

January 18th, 1944

Citation:
"Warrant Officer Haywood has an outstanding operational record. An excellent wireless operator, he has served with distinction in both the European and Middle East theatres of war and attacked some of the most heavily defended targets in Germany anf Italy, including Berlin, Peenemunde and Milan. At all times his courage and resolution in the face of the enemy have been exemplary, whilst his operational experience has been of great benefit to the squadron."

On the 12th February 1946, his parents and sister, Margaret attended the investiture at Buckingham Palace to receive his posthumous award.

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