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Rideout, Harry Alfred (Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1943-March-20

Birth Date: unkown date (age unknown)

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Service
RAF
Unit
101 Sqdrn (RAF)
Rank
Sergeant
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Service Numbers
798620
101 Sqn (Mens agitat molum) Lancaster I ED446 SR-N hit a cliff top pill-box making a low pass at a gunnery range and crashed in England, 3 miles NNW of Hornsea, Yorkshire on an air test. Sergeant H.A. Rideout (RAF) (Nfld), Sergeant I.H. Hazard CGM (RAF), Flying Officer R.H. Thompson (RAF_ (attached from Training Command), Sergeant J.F. Bain CGM (RAF), Sergeant W.E. Williams CGM (RAF), Flying Officer W.C. Morris (RAF), Sergeant L.E.V. Webb (RAF) and Sergeant T. Jenkins (RAF) were killed (R. Allenby). Sergeant Hazard, Sergeant Bain and Sergeant Williams were awarded their CGMs with Flight Sergeant G. Dove in the same event with Pilot Officer F.W. Gates who received a DSO when their Lancaster was set on fire over Milan February 14-15, 1943, and returned to England (http://www.aircrewremembered.com/hazard-ivan-henry.html).

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Avro Lancaster Mk. X RCAF Serial FM 213
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The Avro Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to the same specification, as well as the Short Stirling, all three aircraft being four-engined heavy bombers adopted by the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the same wartime era.

The Lancaster has its origins in the twin-engine Avro Manchester which had been developed during the late 1930s in response to the Air Ministry Specification P.13/36 for a capable medium bomber for "world-wide use". Originally developed as an evolution of the Manchester (which had proved troublesome in service and was retired in 1942), the Lancaster was designed by Roy Chadwick and powered by four Rolls-Royce Merlins and in one version, Bristol Hercules engines. It first saw service with RAF Bomber Command in 1942 and as the strategic bombing offensive over Europe gathered momentum, it was the main aircraft for the night-time bombing campaigns that followed. As increasing numbers of the type were produced, it became the principal heavy bomber used by the RAF, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and squadrons from other Commonwealth and European countries serving within the RAF, overshadowing the Halifax and Stirling. Wikipedia

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Lancaster Mk.I/III ED446



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