Richards, Joseph Wilfred (Lieutenant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1918-April-01

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Birth Date: 1887-August-29

Born: Watlington, Oxfordshire, England

Parents: Tom Richards & Mary Hannah

Spouse:

Home: Amesbury, Wiltshire, England

Enlistment: Victoria B.C.

Enlistment Date: 1915-September

Service

RAF

Unit

(OT) BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School (RAF)

Base

1 School of Navigation & Bomb Dropping, Stonehenge, Salisbury, England

Rank

Lieutenant

Position

pilot

Service Numbers

Final Burial
Google MapSt Leonard Churchyard
1918-04-01: Richards and his gunner Lt. Claude Goddard Jacob (British) were killed when he stalled on a turn during a training flight, spun into the ground and caught fire.