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Chambers, Richard Eric

Date of birth:
October 26th, 1919 (Lloydminster/Saskatchewan, Canada)
Date of death:
September 29th, 1944 (Kekerdom/Gelderland, Netherlands)
Buried on:
Canadian War Cemetery Groesbeek
Plot: XXIV. Row: D. Grave: 14.
Service number:
J/90578
Nationality:
Canadian

Biography

Pilot Officer
Royal Canadian Air Force
416 Sqdn.

Takeoff at 14:20 hrs for a patrol in the Nijmegen (Gelderland) area.
The aircraft was hit by Flak and crashed near Botsestraat, Kekerdom. The 24-year-old RCAF pilot, P/O. R.E. Chambers, did not survive.

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