Service Details
Name:
 RAINSFORD
Given Name:
 ANTHONY
Initials:
 A
Service No:
 710264
Trade:
 Air Gnr.
Rank:
 Flight Sergeant
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 97 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1945-03-22
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Age:
 20
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
Additional
Information:
RAF Number: Rhodesia for local enlistments
Commemoration
Country:
 Germany
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Locality:
 Soltau, Niedersachsen
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Cemetery:
 BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 23. A. 10.

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