Service Details
Name:
 SOUTHEY
Given Name:
 RICHARD GEORGE
Initials:
 R G
Service No:
 542595V
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 31 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-06-29
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Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, 7 crew (1 RAF and 1 RAAF), shot down while attacking the oil storage tanks at Giurgiu, south of Bucharest, Romania, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW104
Additional
Information:
Son of Wilfred George Southey and Blanche (nee Burnett) Southey, of Cedarville, Cape Province, South Africa. On Grahamstown Cathedral Parish Church memorial.
Commemoration
Country:
 Bulgaria
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Cemetery:
 SOFIA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Sp. Mem. 2. C. 3.

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