AMORY – Richard Gore
1397358 – Richard Gore Amory – British Guiana (Guyana) – Flight Sergeant – 100 Sqn RAF – KIA
Service Number: 1397358
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 100 Sqdn.
Date of Death: Died 21 July 1944 (navigator on Lancaster ND413)
Age 22 years old
Buried or commemorated at Cambridge City Cemetery, United Kingdom – Grave 14169.
Son of Arthur Alexander and Ellen Louisa Amory, of Georgetown, British Guiana.
Circumstances of death http://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=715: Lancaster III, ND413 took off 2355 20 July 1944 from Grimsby to bomb railway facilities in tactical support of the Normandy Battle Area. Homebound emerged from low cloud and crashed 0330 21 July 1944 at Aylesby 6 miles W of Cleethorpes in Lincolnshire.
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