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ALDERSLEY RGF
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ALDERSLEY, Richard

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Vickers Wellington IC
Serial Number Z8835
Markings KO-U
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Germany
Burial/Memorial Place Becklingen War Cemetery
Grave Reference 26. B. 12..
Epitaph TOO DEARLY LOVED BY HIS MOTHER, DAD AND SISTER TO EVER BE FORGOTTEN
Ribbon Stone 0733 (Block 9, Column 3, Row 2)
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 121
Enlistment information
Service Number R/69545
Service Royal Canadian Air Force
Group 3
Squadron 115
Trade WOp/AG
Country of origin if different Canada
Last Operation information
Start Date 12-08-1941
End Date 13-08-1941
Takeoff Station Marham
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Essen
Reason for Loss Shot down by Flak and crashed at Rübke (north of Neu Wulmstorf). Five bodies were recovered from the crash site. Sgt. Keighley's body was not found, he sank into the bog along with parts of the Wellington. In the telegram to Luftgaukommando XI Hamburg, the recovery possibilities were stated as poor. At first the dead were buried in the camp cemetery in Parnewinkel, but after the war they were transferred to Becklingen.