In Memory Of
SOUTHEY, RICHARD GEORGE
Service Details
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
542595V
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
31 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-06-29
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Sp. Mem. 2. C. 3.
Cemetery:
SOFIA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Bulgaria
Additional Information
Son of Wilfred George Southey and Blanche (nee Burnett) Southey, of Cedarville, Cape Province, South Africa. On Grahamstown Cathedral Parish Church memorial.
