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Military service
Service number:
J/89919
Age:
24
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
12 Sqdn.
Death:
May 28, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 252.
Additional information
Son of George and Clara Richardson, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Ernest James Richardson
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Runnymede Memorial
P/O Ernest James Richardson served as Bomb Aimer on #12 (RAF) Sqdn. and was the only Canadian on board Lancaster ND-679. The operation on the night of May 27/28, 1944 was a raid on the Rothe Erde railway yards at Aachen, Germany. The yards were seriously damaged and a large proportion of delayed-action bombs were dropped. The local people were impressed that the whole raid lasted only 12 minutes. 12 Lancasters, or 7.0 per cent of the force were lost. The crew of ND-679 was lost with a trace. From www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand. . -
Newspaper Clipping
The Toronto Star, June 9, 1945, page 22. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Ernest James Richardson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Ernest James Richardson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of ERNEST JAMES RICHARDSON
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Ernest James Richardson
Pilot Officer Ernest James Richardson played semi-professional baseball. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ernest James Richardson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ernest James Richardson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ernest James Richardson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ernest James Richardson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ernest James Richardson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ernest James Richardson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ernest James Richardson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ernest James Richardson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ernest James Richardson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 427 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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