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Richard Alfred James Collier

Sergeant · 1894963 · United Kingdom

Died: 31 March 1944, aged 19
Fate: Killed in action

Biography

Not known

Burial / commemoration

Cemetery: Sheerness Cemetery, Isle Of Sheppey, United Kingdom

Operations on this date. One raid in this archive was flown on the night of 31 March 1944: Operation Nuremberg raid. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)

748 others in this archive died on 31 March →

Timeline

30 March 1944 Flew Operation Nuremberg raid
Rear gunner, DV290 SR-X — Crashed on return
31 March 1944 Died
aged 19

Crew & operations

Flew as Rear gunner with No. 101 Squadron.

Operation Nuremberg raid (30 March 1944) — aircraft DV290 SR-X (Avro Lancaster) — Crashed on return

Crew: Irvin Robert McNay (Bomb aimer) · Donald Addy (Flight engineer) · Dennis Roland Billson (Mid-upper gunner) · Alan Norman Rice (Navigator) · Ernest Hugo Traeger (Other) · Edwin Robert Thomas (Pilot) · Allen Howard Wilson (Wireless operator)

Source: CWGC casualty record: COLLIER, RICHARD ALFRED JAMES → · Commonwealth War Graves Commission