205110 Eric James Rolfe Richer Royal Air Force nav. 460 Sqd. from:Little Tye, Essex Eric Richer was a Navigator on a Lancaster bomber based at RAF Binbrook. His aircraft AR-P ME326 was involved in a mid-air collision over France whilst on the return leg of an operation to Wiesbaden, on the 2nd of Feb 1945, but Eric survived as he was replaced as a navigator for that ops due to an eye sight test. He lost some good friends on that day.
The crew were:
- G/C K.R.J.Parsons RAAF
- Sgt W.T.Jeffries
- F/S F.J.Flattery
- Sgt J.H.Bull
- F/S W.A.Cunningham RAAF
- Sgt W.A.George
- F/S F.Human
ME326 was one of two 460 Sqd Lancasters lost on this operation. G/C Parsons took off from Binbrook at 20:45, by 11pm, they were home bound when the aircaft was involved in a mid-air collision at 19,000 feet with a No.626 Sqdn Lancaster (PD286), both aircraft crashed at St-Maxent Somme, 8 km south west of Abbeville. G/C Parsons survived, but the rest of the crew, including F/S Human who succumbed to his injuries, are buried in Abbeville Communal Cemetery.
Eric also flew with the Maxton Brothers Eric and Murray possibly on AR-D
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