Hi all, on the 271 Squadron ORB for the D-Day night operations it is written that in one of the aircrafts that flew to DZ K, a para was killed by a stray bullet. A quick look at the 8th Para Roll of Honour shows that: 3600565 Private William RICHARDSON was KIA on 06/06/1944 and is buried at Watchfield Military Cemetery grave 278 would someone knwow more about Pte Richardson story? Regards, Ludo
UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945 Name: William Richardson Given Initials: W Rank: Private Death Date: 6 Jun 1944 Number: 3600656 Birth Place: West Hartlepool Residence: Cumberland Branch at Enlistment: Army Air Corps Theatre of War: Western Europe Campaign, 1944/45 Regiment at Death: Parachute Regiment (not otherwise specified) Branch at Death: Army Air Corps William Richardson (Unknown-1944) - Find A Grave... England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007 Name: William Richardson Registration Date: Jul-Aug-Sep 1918 Registration district: Easington Inferred County: Durham Re-registration Year: 1918 Mother's Maiden Name: Carvil Volume Number: 10a Page Number: 855 There is a public family tree for him on Ancestry William Richardson 1918–1944 BIRTH JULY-SEPT QTR 1918 • Easington, Durham, England DEATH 6 JUNE 1944 (D-DAY LANDINGS )PARACHUTE REGIMENT • Dunkirk, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France For ref - https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/70112437/person/44210244425/facts?ssrc= Have sent a message asking the question if they know anything about what happened TD
see this old thread, lots of info there on him, his nephew posted quite a bit. 8 Bn Parachute Regiment D-Day Casualty In Watchfield Cemetery .
