Wildey, Richard Kemp
Personal Information
Rank | W/C |
Forename(s) | Richard Kemp |
Surname | Wildey |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | DFC |
Date of Death | 15-10-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Harold W. Wildey and Lottie Wildey. Husband of Eileen Marjorie Wildey, of Ewell, Surrey. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | W1058 |
Markings | ZA-S |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 5. D. 16-17. |
Epitaph | IN LOVING MEMORY. THE WOUND IS DEEP IT WILL NOT HEAL; FORGET YOU, DICK, I NEVER WILL |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 264 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 37437 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 10 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Melbourne, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial Stone & Plaque |
Memorial Text | No 10 Squadron, 4 Group Bomber Command, WWII 1939-1945. This memorial was erected at the entrance to the former RAF Station Melbourne by ex Members and Friends of the Squadron to honour the memory of all personnel who died in the service of their Country |
Location | Melbourne Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Runway Light in Concrete Base |
Memorial Text | Let this landing light be a memorial to all those 1,000 aircrew and 120 aircraft that left this very point never to return so that we may return again and again in freedom to enjoy York Motor Sport Park |
Miscellaneous Information
CO of 10 Squadron who won his DFC with 78 Squadron. His medals, log book and papers are on display at his old school, Emmanuel, in Battersea |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/143/20 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/143/19 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 15-10-1942 |
End Date | 16-10-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Melbourne |
Day/Night Raid | Night (39% moon) |
Operation | Cologne. 289 aircraft, 18 losses (6.2%). PFF had difficulty in identifying the target and as a result were unable to draw the main force from a decoy fire. |
Reason for Loss | Believed to have crashed shortly after reaching the target at Duisdorf in the suburbs of Bonn |