Sergeant 656834 Richard Francis Hill
Regiment: Royal Air Force - 142 Sqdn.
Theatre of War: North Sea
Age at death: 24
Date of death: 8th of November 1942
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Runnymede Memorial
BMD details:
Birth of Richard F Hill son of Isaac & Florence Hill nee Price reg Q4 1918 Prescot. Vol 8b page 1137
Census details:
1939 Register. Unfortunately Richard F is redacted Father Isaac Hill born 17/04/1883 a Gents Hairdresser and mother Florence Hill born 02/05/1887 a General Dealer & Unpaid Domestic are living at 234 Boundary Road, St Helens.
Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=28]Remembered on St Lukes War Memorial, Knowsley Road.[/url] Age taken from Birth Record Transcript
[url=lmem.php?lmem=28]Remembered on St Lukes War Memorial, Knowsley Road.[/url] Age taken from Birth Record Transcript
Shown as 'Hill F.R.' on the Cenotaph.
More details at [url=http://www.aircrewremembered.com/hill-richard.html]Aircrew Remembered[/url]
Vickers Wellington III - Serial number BK198
07/08th November 1942, took off from RAF Grimsby on a Mine laying mission off of Texel.
Believed the pilot was blinded by a searchlight and the aircraft crashed in the sea.
[pic]imgs/sppics/runnymede85.jpg[/pic][caption]Francis is remembered on the Runnymede Memorial
(Picture by PaulC)[/caption]
