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Flight Sergeant Royal Australian Air Force 415357
Posting on Death: 466 Squadron RAF, Leconfield Yorkshire
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Halifax HX231; Place - Maxsain, Germany; Date - 19 March 1944.
Shot down by Flak during a raid on Frankfurt, 3 of the crew survived and were captured.
The crew members of HX231 were
RICHARDS, John Edward - (Flight Sergeant) - 415357
DANSIE Jack – (Flight Sergeant) – 426059 Rear Gunner
DE'FRAINE George Ross – (Warrant Officer) – 414774 W/Op Air Gnr
LEES Noel John – (Flight Sergeant) – 434463 Mid Upper Gunner
BRAY Robert Stow – (Flight Sergeant) – 417152 Bomb Aimer (POW).
Discharged 22/9/1945
WILSON Kenneth M – (Flight Sergeant) – 422654 Navigator (POW)
Discharged 13/11/1945.
WOOLDRIDGE D F – (Sergeant) – 1891256 Flight Engineer (POW)
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Perth WA, also his name is located at panel 110 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Family
Son of John Daniel and Eleanor Florence Richards, of Cottesloe, Western Australia.
Flight Sergeant Royal Australian Air Force 415357
Posting on Death: 466 Squadron RAF, Leconfield Yorkshire
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Halifax HX231; Place - Maxsain, Germany; Date - 19 March 1944.
Shot down by Flak during a raid on Frankfurt, 3 of the crew survived and were captured.
The crew members of HX231 were
RICHARDS, John Edward - (Flight Sergeant) - 415357
DANSIE Jack – (Flight Sergeant) – 426059 Rear Gunner
DE'FRAINE George Ross – (Warrant Officer) – 414774 W/Op Air Gnr
LEES Noel John – (Flight Sergeant) – 434463 Mid Upper Gunner
BRAY Robert Stow – (Flight Sergeant) – 417152 Bomb Aimer (POW).
Discharged 22/9/1945
WILSON Kenneth M – (Flight Sergeant) – 422654 Navigator (POW)
Discharged 13/11/1945.
WOOLDRIDGE D F – (Sergeant) – 1891256 Flight Engineer (POW)
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Perth WA, also his name is located at panel 110 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Family
Son of John Daniel and Eleanor Florence Richards, of Cottesloe, Western Australia.
View Memorial site here
Flight Sergeant Royal Australian Air Force 415357
Posting on Death: 466 Squadron RAF, Leconfield Yorkshire
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Halifax HX231; Place - Maxsain, Germany; Date - 19 March 1944.
Shot down by Flak during a raid on Frankfurt, 3 of the crew survived and were captured.
The crew members of HX231 were
RICHARDS, John Edward - (Flight Sergeant) - 415357
DANSIE Jack – (Flight Sergeant) – 426059 Rear Gunner
DE'FRAINE George Ross – (Warrant Officer) – 414774 W/Op Air Gnr
LEES Noel John – (Flight Sergeant) – 434463 Mid Upper Gunner
BRAY Robert Stow – (Flight Sergeant) – 417152 Bomb Aimer (POW).
Discharged 22/9/1945
WILSON Kenneth M – (Flight Sergeant) – 422654 Navigator (POW)
Discharged 13/11/1945.
WOOLDRIDGE D F – (Sergeant) – 1891256 Flight Engineer (POW)
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Perth WA, also his name is located at panel 110 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Family
Son of John Daniel and Eleanor Florence Richards, of Cottesloe, Western Australia.
Flight Sergeant Royal Australian Air Force 415357
Posting on Death: 466 Squadron RAF, Leconfield Yorkshire
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Halifax HX231; Place - Maxsain, Germany; Date - 19 March 1944.
Shot down by Flak during a raid on Frankfurt, 3 of the crew survived and were captured.
The crew members of HX231 were
RICHARDS, John Edward - (Flight Sergeant) - 415357
DANSIE Jack – (Flight Sergeant) – 426059 Rear Gunner
DE'FRAINE George Ross – (Warrant Officer) – 414774 W/Op Air Gnr
LEES Noel John – (Flight Sergeant) – 434463 Mid Upper Gunner
BRAY Robert Stow – (Flight Sergeant) – 417152 Bomb Aimer (POW).
Discharged 22/9/1945
WILSON Kenneth M – (Flight Sergeant) – 422654 Navigator (POW)
Discharged 13/11/1945.
WOOLDRIDGE D F – (Sergeant) – 1891256 Flight Engineer (POW)
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Perth WA, also his name is located at panel 110 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Family
Son of John Daniel and Eleanor Florence Richards, of Cottesloe, Western Australia.
Inscription
HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE.
HE LIVES IN OUR HEARTS
FOR EVER, OUR JOHN
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