Ronald Charles BELLINGHAM

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BELLINGHAM, Ronald Charles

Service Number:	421033
Enlisted:	6 December 1941, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 10 February 1923
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Battle, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, 8 September 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Christchurch Cemetery UK Section U (Unconsecrated Ground New) - Grave 12, Christchurch Cemetery, Christchurch, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 421033
6 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Sydney, New South Wales
6 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 421033

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Biography

RAF Bircham, Newton. Plane was Warwick 1 BC 300. Crashed at Dorset UK after stalling at 500 feet during an enemy air raid

Rank - Flight Sergeant

Son of Ralph and Jessie Laird Bellingham; Nephew of Mrs. F. R. McEvoy, of Randwick, New South Wales, Australia

Biography contributed by David Barlow

Warwick BC300 of 283SQN RAF Bircham Newton crashed in Dorset, England with all crew killed: Pilot Officer Horace Palmer Gordon 22930 RAAF

Pilot Officer Frank David Holdsworth 409548 RAAF

Flight Sergeant George Wilson Murtagh 413133 RAAF

Flight Sergeant Ronald Charles Bellingham 421033 RAAF

Corporal James Bruce Kieran 969821 RAF

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