LEST WE FORGET

Flying Officer Ronald Victor WESTON

From Australia serving in the Royal Air Force

Service No: 119195 (RAFVR)
Born: Date, Location unavailable
Enlisted in the RAF: Date unavailable
Unit: No. 255 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operations: Conquest of Tunisia (No. 255 Squadron Beaufighter 6V aircraft V8547), Algeria, 6 January 1943, Aged 28 Years
Buried: Bone War Cemetery, Annaba, Algeria
CWGC Additional Information: Son of George and Elsie Maxwell Weston, of West Leederville, Western Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown

On 6 January 1943, No. 255 Squadron Beaufighter V8547 was lost and both crew members were killed. The crew members were:

Pilot Officer Charles Reginald Hiles (116704) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Flying Officer Ronald Victor Weston (119195) (RAFVR) (Pilot)

References:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/43/11
RAF Commands Website

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