Richards, Herbert William (Warrant Officer 2)

Took off from East Kirkby at 22:19 in Lancaster Mark I (Sqn code: DX-K Bomber Command) on an operation to destroy the flying-bomb storage site in the caves at St.Leu'.

Shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Fresnay-le-Long France.

Killed: Sergeant Frank Edwin Fricker Bale RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 6. C. 19. Flight Sergeant Charles Louis Carpenter RAF KIA St. Maclou-De-Folleville Churchyard Grave 11. Sergeant Jeremiah Healy RAF POW St. Maclou-De-Folleville Churchyard Grave 10. Flying Officer Max Rose RAF pilot KIA St. Maclou-De-Folleville Churchyard Grave 9.

POWs including Richards:

Evaders: Sergeant W D Charteris RAF Evader. Sergeant Thomas Sharples RAF Evader.