RONALD WALTER ABRAMS
SERVICE NO. 165926
Royal Air Force: Sergeant
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
149 (East India) Squadron, Royal Air Force
DIED: 06 June 1944
AGE: 20
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
He was a crew member of Stirling Mk.III LK385, 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force (RAF). They took off from RAF Methwold, Norfolk at 22:58 on 05 June 1944 to carry out a Special Duties mission to drop dummy parachutists as part of Operation Titanic.
This operation aimed to confuse the Germans and make them think that the Allied airborne landings were taking place over a wider area than they really were.
They crashed near Baudre, Manche, cause unknown.