Add Information to Record of a Person who served during the Second World War on The Wartime Memories Project Website

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Sgt Frederick James "Jim" Richardson

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 100 Squadron

from:Kingston, Surrey

(d.23rd June 1944)

Frederick James Richardson was my grandfather. He was shot down during a raid on rail communications at Reims in a Lancaster 111 JB289 and crashed at Hautvilliers-Ouville, Somme. Other crew members lost on the mission were:

  • Sergeant Ronald Sidney Bond
  • Sergeant Robert Henry Knowles
  • Flight Sergeant Sydney Mansfield
  • Sergeant Maurice Stanley Pegler
  • Flying Officer Charles Henry Tidby
  • Sergeant John William Willson
They are remembered at the St Pierre Cemetery, Amiens, France



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