Military Service
Service Number: J/92336
Age: 19
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 419 Squadron
Pilot Officer / Air Gunner.
RIchard died when his aircraft, Lancaster KB714, was shot down by a night fighter at Courcelette, 6 miles northeast of Albert, during a raid on the railway at Cambrai.
The other members of the crew were:
Flying Officer Ross Norman Pole
Sergeant Captain Clayton White
Flying Officer Charles Robert McOrmond
Flying Officer Douglas James McMullen
Pilot Officer Max Ennis Gates
Flying Officer Russel Nelson Wilson
Son of Hector William and Marjorie Maud (nee Drennan) Francis, of Medicine Hat, Alberta.
Military Service
Service Number: J/92336
Age: 19
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 419 Squadron
Pilot Officer / Air Gunner.
RIchard died when his aircraft, Lancaster KB714, was shot down by a night fighter at Courcelette, 6 miles northeast of Albert, during a raid on the railway at Cambrai.
The other members of the crew were:
Flying Officer Ross Norman Pole
Sergeant Captain Clayton White
Flying Officer Charles Robert McOrmond
Flying Officer Douglas James McMullen
Pilot Officer Max Ennis Gates
Flying Officer Russel Nelson Wilson
Son of Hector William and Marjorie Maud (nee Drennan) Francis, of Medicine Hat, Alberta.
Inscription
IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR SON AND BROTHER WHO DIED FOR PEACE. GOD'S WILL BE DONE
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