Date of Birth
29 November, 1920
College
Borough Road College
Service number
139962
WW2 rank
Flight Lieutenant Navigator
7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Theatre of war
Europe
Date of death
15 February, 1944
Location of death
Germany
Buried/memorial
Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery
Biography
Flight Lieutenant Navigator Ralph John Henry Clayton entered Borough Road College in 1939 and was able to graduate in 1941 before joining the RAF. On the 15th of Feburary 1944 Flight Lieutenant Clayton was part of a bomb raid on Berlin. He crashed during the raid and his body was never found. He is remembered at the Brlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery.
Sources
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.cornwallswarhistory.co.uk
Borough Road College 1939 Registry