{"id":5588,"date":"2020-09-10T07:43:04","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T07:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=5588"},"modified":"2021-04-18T13:01:35","modified_gmt":"2021-04-18T13:01:35","slug":"ploskin-ralph-isaac","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/raf\/ploskin-ralph-isaac\/","title":{"rendered":"Ploskin, Ralph Isaac"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Ralph Isaac Ploskin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Flight Sergeant, 14 Squadron<br>Service number 1186052<br>Died 16 Dec 1942<br>Commemorated on Alamein Memorial<br>Age 21<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Ralph was born in 1921 in Kings Norton, Worcestershire to Solomon and Annie nee Levine. Ralph had one sister Estelle who died when she was only twenty two in 1948. Ralph attended Briar Clyffe school in Lowestoft which was run by his uncle Harry Levine. Ralph&#8217;s obituary in the Jewish Chronicle states that he was a high quality musician playing the violin and saxophone and he also enjoyed participating in amateur dramatics.  He volunteered into the RAF when he was nineteen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marauder FK367 departed Berka III Airfield, Benghazi on a maritime patrol flight. The aircraft was attacked by enemy fighters, was badly damaged and running out of fuel. Twenty miles from Benghazi the pilot was forced to belly land on the sea and on impact the aircraft burst into flames. Two dinghies were dropped but were too far for the survivors to reach, they were eventually rescued by a torpedo boat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sgt Percival Cockington, 407707, RAAF, killed<br>Sgt Tom Ellis Exell, 401305, RAAF, killed<br>Sgt Ralph Isaac Ploskin, 1186052, RAF, killed<br>Sgt Alan Edwin Watts, 1301739, RAF, killed<br>Sgt Leonard Alexander Einsaar DFM, 407318, RAAF, survived<br>Sgt Willcocks, 1183698, RAF, survived<br>Sgt Dixon, 590714, RAF, survived<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"463\" height=\"191\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/JC-Ploskin.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/JC-Ploskin.jpg 463w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/JC-Ploskin-250x103.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/JC-Ploskin-120x50.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"384\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PLOSKIN-Ralph.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PLOSKIN-Ralph.jpg 384w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PLOSKIN-Ralph-250x87.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PLOSKIN-Ralph-120x42.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ralph Isaac Ploskin Flight Sergeant, 14 SquadronService number 1186052Died 16 Dec 1942Commemorated on Alamein MemorialAge 21 Ralph was born in 1921 in Kings Norton, Worcestershire to Solomon and Annie nee Levine. 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