In Memory Of

CHERRINGTON, RICHARD LAYTON

Service Details
Age:
20
Date of Birth:
1922-09-03
Service No:
207034V
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
1 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1943-09-02
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Supermarine Spitfire Mk VC #JF405, shot down by Bf109s, crashed in sea NE Cape Vatinco
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 12, Column 1.
Cemetery:
MALTA MEMORIAL
Country:
Malta
Additional Information
Son of Harold and Ivy Louise (nee Whitlock) Cherrington, of Uitenhage, Cape Province, South Africa. Commemoration stone in Uitenhage (Jubilee Park) Cemetery