Richard P. Dormer                                                                                  Updated: 12 JUN 2022

Airman: e777578.htm Surname: Dormer Init: R P Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 235

P_link: p180.htm Plane: BFI JL843 Operation: Other Crash_site: The North Sea

Crash_d: d040543 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

"Udsendt på en dag-rekognoscering ved Norges kyst den 4. maj 1943 blev en Beaufighter skudt ned af tyske jagerfly.

De 2 besætningsmedlemmer omkom." (FAF) p180MACR har detaljer.

Sergeant Richard Percy Dormer, 25 år, var søn af Percy George og Mary Beatrice Dormer, gift med Doris Lydia Dormer,  New Barnet, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 147 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

2 flyvere.

"On 4 May 1943 a Beaufighter on a daylight reconnaissance to the coast of Norway was shot down by German fighters.

The 2 crew members perished." (FAF) p180MACR has details.

Sergeant Richard Percy Dormer, 25, was the son of Percy George and Mary Beatrice Dormer, and the husband of Doris Lydia Dormer, of New Barnet, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 147, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)

See No. 235 Squadron RAF. This Beaufighter from RAF Coastal Command took off from RAF Leuchars.

2 airmen.