Service Details
Name:
 LINTON
Given Name:
 RICHARD HENRY
Initials:
 R H
Service No:
 777683
Trade:
 Air Gnr.
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 61 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-08-20
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Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Lancaster I R5543, took off to attack the tanker that had been the subject of the squadron attention the previous day but crashed at Pontedorna near Cabanas, Spain, at 15:40 hrs by KG40
Additional
Information:
Son of Philip and Muriel Frances Linton, of Beatrice, Southern Rhodesia.
Commemoration
Country:
 Spain
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Cemetery:
 BILBAO BRITISH CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Plot 2. Row A. Grave 12.

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