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RICH, Joseph Geoffrey
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 406044 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 25 May 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | York, Western Australia, 19 May 1918 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Battle, United Kingdom, 13 October 1941, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Leeds (Gelderd Road) English Hebrew Cemetery, Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, WA Jewish War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 406044 | |
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| 25 May 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 406044 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Johnson
At 1909 hours on the night of 12/13th October 1941, Whitley Z9155 took off from RAF Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire, detailed to bomb Nuremburg, Germany.
The aircraft crashed at 0500 hours on 13 October 1941 at Allerthorpe in the vicinity of Pocklington airfield Yorkshire, while being diverted, and all the crew were killed. A few minutes before the crash the pilot radioed to say the aircraft was almost out of fuel.
Alan Storr record at https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/awm-media/collection/RC09125.004/document/6019474.PDF , page 108