Service Details
Name:
 RICHARDS
Given Name:
 ERIC CARDEW
Initials:
 E C
Service No:
 107486V
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 15 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1945-02-19
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Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Martin Baltimore Mk V #FW795, swung on take off, hit Walrus L2324 and Warwick BV365 Cesenatico
Additional
Information:
Son of Harry and Maud Emily Richards, of Pinelands, Cape Town, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 III, G, 4.

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