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Re: 20th May 1945 - RAF Lossiemouth
Hello,
Aircrewremembered is in error about Rickard
Ronald Arthur RICKARD RAFVR, was involved in the following incident in the Middle East:
9/10 March 1943
No.40 Sqn
Wellington Ic AD651 "D"
Op:Palermo.
Aircraft ran out of fuel and in trying to ditch crashed in a coastal palm grove, 15km from Homs. Sgt Sprately is buried in Tripoli War Cemetery.
Sgt J Whale - Injured
Sgt R Rickard - Injured
Sgt P G Hartley - Injured
Sgt L A Turner - Injured
Sgt L Knight - Injured
Sgt J A Spratley +
See:
Sweeping The Skies:A History of No.40 Squadron, RFC and RAF, 1916-56
Gunby,David
Bishop Auckland:Pentland Press,1991
pp.224 & 368.
Col.
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