In memory of

Flight Sergeant

Ronald Harvey Loyns

who died on 19 Aug 1942

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 66 Squadron, Royal Air Force
  Rank Flight Sergeant
  Service number R62462
  Date of death 19420819
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  R62462 Flight Sergeant (No. 66 Squadron RAF pilot) Ronald Harvey Loyns (b.1922) of Saskatoon was KIA 19420819 and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial near London, England, for airmen who died with no known grave. Loyns' Spitfire was shot down over the English Channel during the Dieppe raid, along with more than 100 other Allied planes. He was the son of Irwin Nelson and Rena Blanche (Johnston) Loyns who homesteaded NE16-40-18-W2 northwest of Naicam before moving to Saskatoon. Ronald was born at Saskatoon, educated at Mayfair school and Bedford Road collegiate and was a student when he enlisted at Saskatoon in 1940. His sister Larene also served in the RCAF.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 344 - Corman Park
  Cemetery or memorial location Runnymede Memorial, Egham, Surrey, England    

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  Honour roll location(s) ------
  Geo-memorial Loyns Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 54.05°N / 103.0333°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 63L3
  Geo-memorial details West of Cumberland House.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19220326
  Place of birth Saskatoon    
  Date of enlistment 19400911
  Place of enlistment Saskatoon    
  Residence on enlistment Saskatoon    
  Occupation student
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