Collins, Richard Charles (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-March-22

Flying Officer Richard Charles Collins RCAF

Birth Date: 1924

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Home: Montreal, Quebec

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

9 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Noctem Volamus Through out the night we fly

Base

RAF Bardney

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

J/22842
Prev: R/141674

Home
Google MapMontreal, Quebec
Target
Google MapFrankfurt am Main Germany
Final Burial
Google MapSoldaten Friedhof Alliierte Piloten 2WK
Coll grave 8 B 3- 7

Took off from Bardney at 19:13 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code WS-N Bomber Command) on an operation to Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany.

Aircraft was damaged by a first night fighter and shot down by a second. and crashed at Morscheid, Rheinland-Pfalz Germany.

Killed includes Collins: Sergeant Frank Bolton RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery grave 8. B. 2. Flight Sergeant John Noel Carter RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery grave 8. B. 1. Sergeant Sidney Lascelles Fereday RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery grave Coll. grave 8. B. 3-7. Sergeant Richard Whalley RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 8. B. 3-7. Flight Sergeant Allan Clyde Johns RAAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 8. B. 3-7. Pilot Officer Angus James Jubb RAAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 8. B. 3-7.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)