RICHARDSON, RAYMOND RAWLINGS Rank: Sergeant Service No: 406160 Date of Death: 18/04/1942 Age: 20 Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force Grave Reference: 17. C. 5. Cemetery: HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of William Arthur and Edith Alesia Richardson, of North Fremantle, Western Australia.http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2057970/RICHARDSON,%20RAYMOND%20RAWLINGS
Details of the above loss.... 18 April 1942 14 Squadron Blenheim IV Z7963 Op. Communication Flight The aircraft took off from LG116 to fly to LG05 (Egypt) but crashed in haze attempting a forced landing 1.5km east of Sidi Barrani. Crew. 2/Lt. P J. Chapman SAAF + Sgt. D W. McConville RAAF + Sgt. R R. Richardson RAAF +