In Memory Of
RAINSFORD, ANTHONY
Service Details
Age:
20
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
710264
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Unit:
97 Sqdn.
Regiment:
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
1945-03-22
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Lancaster III PB521, took off 0121 22 Mar 1945 from Coningsby to bomb the Deutsche Erd-lwerke refinery. Hit by Flak and crashed 0355 South of the Elbe at Feldmark Leeswig Hamburg-Neuenfeld
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
23. A. 10.
Cemetery:
BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Localitly:
Soltau, Niedersachsen
Country:
Germany
Additional Information
RAF Number: Rhodesia for local enlistments
