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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