Flight Lieutenant

Richard Otway French

DFC

Awards

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Richard Otway French, and of Edith Mary French, of Cunninghams, Wellington, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES
CONTRIBUTED

Public Contributions:


Photo from bombercrew.com, courtesy of Graeme and John Weatherley.

Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
415756
Name:
Richard Otway French
Rank: 
Flight Lieutenant
Date of Birth:
11 November 1910
Place of Birth: 
Feilding, Manawatu, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Occupation on Enlistment:
Farmer
Armed Force: 
Air Force
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 7 Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed on air operations
Date of Death:
04 September 1943
Day of Death:
Saturday
Age at Death: 
32
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Panel 197.
Cemetery Location: 
United Kingdom
Richard Otway French
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