This site is...maybe not such a good thing ? - Aircraft of World War II

Bustedwing · 12-09-2005, 10:45 PM

LOL, Ok a few of you were interested in a post I made about my Uncle flying Mossies, well over the last few days I have tore my basement apart looking for his obit so I could post some more details of what he did during and after the war. My WD thinks I'm a whack job but after 18 years I'm not surprised, any ways here it is for those who are interested.

A contingent of R.A.F. personnel acted as pallbearers at Longburton for the funeral service and interment of Wing Commander Ian Lachlan Hunter Ramage. D.F.M., R.A.F., a wartime Pathfinder with Bomber Command, of The Old House, Longburton.

Wing Commander Ramage, a serving officer whose final post was on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces Central Europe, until taken ill last year,he was 54.

A Scotsman, Wing Commander Ramage was the eldest son of the late Mr. W. H. Ramage and of Mrs. K. Ramage, who lives in Vancouver, Canada.

He joined the Royal Air Force on 30th August, 1938, as an aircraft apprentice at R.A.F. Halton, and on leaving there became an aircraft fitter. He re-mustered and became a navigator in 1943. He was commissioned on 11th December , 1944. He was commissioned on 11th December, 1944. Wing Commander Ramage served in South Africe, flew in Mosquitos as a Pathfinder with Bomber Command and was awarded the D.F.M on 27th Februarty, 1945.

Since the end of the war he had served on a number of Bomber Command squadrons and became an instrtor at the Manby Bombing School

In Germany

He also served with Nos. 59 and 16 Squadrons of the 2nd Allied Tactical
Air Force in Germany. In 1959 Wing Commander Ramage attended the Army Staff College, Camberly, and this was followed by a tour of duty at the Ministry of Defence until 1963, when he returned to the Army at Sandhurst as a staff officer at the Royal Military Academy.

In 1966 he attended the United States Armed Forces Staff College at Norfolk, Virginia, and the following year was O.C. of the Operations Wing at Laarbruck, Germany.

Two years later he became the chief instructor at the Officers’ Training School, Ternhill. Then in 1973 he joined the staff of the United Kingdom Military Representative to the Military Committee at N.A.T.O. Headquarters, in Brussells. He stayed there until 1975 when he joined the staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces Central Europe. While serving there he was taken ill last year and returned othe the United Kingdom.

Nonskimmer · 12-09-2005, 10:47 PM

Interesting.

evangilder · 12-09-2005, 11:27 PM

Sounds like a colorful career. Sad that he died so young.

lesofprimus · 12-10-2005, 12:12 AM

Thanks for digging that up... Excellent reading... Too bad they dont go into detail about his career during WWII...

FLYBOYJ · 12-10-2005, 12:40 AM

Yep, very, very cool!!

Bustedwing · 12-10-2005, 02:27 AM

I am trying to find out more. My cousin in England told me "oh Daddy never talked about the war" but on the two occaisions that I met him he told me about his flying days during the war, nothing specific but more stories of his mates and their hijinks, mind you, I was a kid and I'm sure the stories were tempered some what. My Cousin is as curious as I am about his military career. My other uncle who passed away last September at 79 was kind of like a father to me. I know far more about his days that he refeered to as the happiest days of his life, Angus was indeed a character, I miss him, especially now that it is Christmas !

Gnomey · 12-10-2005, 07:02 AM

Intereseting stuff Bustedwing.

DerAdlerIstGelandet · 12-11-2005, 08:08 AM

Yes very intersting.

12-09-2005, 10:45 PM	#1
Bustedwing Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 84	This site is...maybe not such a good thing ? LOL, Ok a few of you were interested in a post I made about my Uncle flying Mossies, well over the last few days I have tore my basement apart looking for his obit so I could post some more details of what he did during and after the war. My WD thinks I'm a whack job but after 18 years I'm not surprised, any ways here it is for those who are interested. A contingent of R.A.F. personnel acted as pallbearers at Longburton for the funeral service and interment of Wing Commander Ian Lachlan Hunter Ramage. D.F.M., R.A.F., a wartime Pathfinder with Bomber Command, of The Old House, Longburton. Wing Commander Ramage, a serving officer whose final post was on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces Central Europe, until taken ill last year,he was 54. A Scotsman, Wing Commander Ramage was the eldest son of the late Mr. W. H. Ramage and of Mrs. K. Ramage, who lives in Vancouver, Canada. He joined the Royal Air Force on 30th August, 1938, as an aircraft apprentice at R.A.F. Halton, and on leaving there became an aircraft fitter. He re-mustered and became a navigator in 1943. He was commissioned on 11th December , 1944. He was commissioned on 11th December, 1944. Wing Commander Ramage served in South Africe, flew in Mosquitos as a Pathfinder with Bomber Command and was awarded the D.F.M on 27th Februarty, 1945. Since the end of the war he had served on a number of Bomber Command squadrons and became an instrtor at the Manby Bombing School In Germany He also served with Nos. 59 and 16 Squadrons of the 2nd Allied Tactical Air Force in Germany. In 1959 Wing Commander Ramage attended the Army Staff College, Camberly, and this was followed by a tour of duty at the Ministry of Defence until 1963, when he returned to the Army at Sandhurst as a staff officer at the Royal Military Academy. In 1966 he attended the United States Armed Forces Staff College at Norfolk, Virginia, and the following year was O.C. of the Operations Wing at Laarbruck, Germany. Two years later he became the chief instructor at the Officers’ Training School, Ternhill. Then in 1973 he joined the staff of the United Kingdom Military Representative to the Military Committee at N.A.T.O. Headquarters, in Brussells. He stayed there until 1975 when he joined the staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces Central Europe. While serving there he was taken ill last year and returned othe the United Kingdom. __________________ I'm half Irish half Scot. One half of me want's to get drunk. The other half doesn't want to pay for it.

12-09-2005, 11:27 PM	#3
evangilder "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 14,809	Sounds like a colorful career. Sad that he died so young. __________________ http://www.vg-photo.com For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci

12-10-2005, 12:12 AM	#4
lesofprimus Minister of Whoopass Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi Posts: 17,506	Thanks for digging that up... Excellent reading... Too bad they dont go into detail about his career during WWII... __________________ My IL2 Video Tribute to My Grandfather: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtzN5RuNNJk

12-10-2005, 12:40 AM	#5
FLYBOYJ IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 16,051	Yep, very, very cool!! __________________ "IF ITS RED OR DUSTY, DON'T TOUCH IT"

12-10-2005, 02:27 AM	#6
Bustedwing Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 84	I am trying to find out more. My cousin in England told me "oh Daddy never talked about the war" but on the two occaisions that I met him he told me about his flying days during the war, nothing specific but more stories of his mates and their hijinks, mind you, I was a kid and I'm sure the stories were tempered some what. My Cousin is as curious as I am about his military career. My other uncle who passed away last September at 79 was kind of like a father to me. I know far more about his days that he refeered to as the happiest days of his life, Angus was indeed a character, I miss him, especially now that it is Christmas ! __________________ I'm half Irish half Scot. One half of me want's to get drunk. The other half doesn't want to pay for it.

12-09-2005, 10:47 PM	#2
Nonskimmer Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia Posts: 8,871	Interesting.

12-10-2005, 07:02 AM	#7
Gnomey "World Traveller" Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK Posts: 15,224	Intereseting stuff Bustedwing. __________________ "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts" Sir Winston Churchill "To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today" Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum My Photo Collections on Flickr

12-11-2005, 08:08 AM	#8
DerAdlerIstGelandet Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany Posts: 33,152	Yes very intersting. __________________ fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles"[/I]

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