Francis Graham Richardson Updated: 17 JAN 2023
Airman: e777862.htm Surname: Richardson Init: F G Rank: F/Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 235
P_link: p475.htm Plane: MOS RF617 Operation: Anti ship Crash_site: The Kattegat
Crash_d: d050445 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN
Flight Sergeant Francis Graham Richardson, 24 år, var søn af William og Rosanna Richardson, Wrexham, Denbighshire; gift med M. E. Richardson, Wrexham, United Kingdom. Hans navn er på Panel 272 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)
Den 5. april 1945 styrtede MOS RF617 i Kattegat omkring
her. Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver: Lidt over kl. 14.00 lettede 39 Mosquitoes fra
Banff og efter to timers flyvning nåede styrken den jyske vestkyst. En time
senere opdagede de tre konvojer i farvandet I formationen var også MOS RS619
der nødlandede med
Raymond Harington og
Bert Winwood. Se
Kort - Map of Visit to Denmark. On 5 April 1945
MOS RF617 crashed into the Kattegat about
here. (Danish) Aviation Historical Review
writes:
Shortly after 14.00 hours 39 Mosquitoes took off
from Banff and after a flight of two hours the formation reached the west
coast of Jutland. One hour later they
In the formation was also MOS RS619
which crash landed with
Raymond Harington and
Bert Winwood. See the Map of Visit to Denmark. This Mosquito took off from RAF Bannf. See also Secret Scotland - RAF Banff and RAF Coastal Command. 2 airmen. |