Cartlidge, Richard Matthew
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Richard Matthew |
Surname | Cartlidge |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 12-05-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Richard M. and Nellie Cartlidge, of Liverpool. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ND580 |
Markings | LE-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 226. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 18 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1478946 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 630 |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to former Main Guardroom, LAHC, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial Stone, Memorial Plaques & Metal Sculpture |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who gave their lives with 57 Sqn & 630 Sqns 1939 - 1945 |
Location | The Chapel, Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Wooden RoH |
Memorial Text | In proud memory of the men of No 630 Sqn who lost their lives operating from RAF East Kirkby 1943 to 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2155/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2152/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 11-05-1944 |
End Date | 12-05-1944 |
Takeoff Station | East Kirkby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (85% moon) |
Operation | Bourg-Leopold |
Reason for Loss | On the return leg 100-130km west of Den Haag, the aircraft was shot down at 01:04 and 4,000m altitude by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Ernest Modrow and Unteroffizier Schneider of 2./NJG 1, who had taken off from Venlo airfield in He 219 A-0 G9+GK. |