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Sgt. Jack Ratcliffe
Royal Air Force 57 Squadron
from:Billinge, Lancashire County
(d.22nd June 1944)
Jack Ratcliffe was an air gunner on a Lancaster Bomber (rear gun position) and was reported missing and later killed in action. His plane was shot down after a raid over Wesseling, Germany. Only one member of the crew survived after bailing out and the plane crashed in the Netherlands.