In Memory Of

LEWIS, RICHARD ALEXANDER

Service Details
Age:
23
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
1105448
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Unit:
159 Sqdn.
Regiment:
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
1943-10-09
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Liberator BZ841 was caught in searchlights when Nishizawa made two head-on attacks. The Liberator, in flames, exploded in mid-air
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Coll. grave 4. J. 1-8.
Cemetery:
RANGOON WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Myanmar
Additional Information
Son of Rees Morgan Lewis and Miriam Lewis, of Kitwe, Northern Rhodesia.