Service Details
Name:
RICHARDS
Given Name:
ERIC CARDEW
Initials:
E C
Service No:
107486V
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
South African Air Force
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Unit:
15 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
1945-02-19
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Age:
26
Cause of Death:
Died in Aircraft Accident, Martin Baltimore Mk V #FW795, swung on take off, hit Walrus L2324 and Warwick BV365 Cesenatico
Additional
Information:
Son of Harry and Maud Emily Richards, of Pinelands, Cape Town, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
Italy
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Cemetery:
CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
III, G, 4.

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