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Flying Officer Richard Lindsay Glyde

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Flying Officer Richard Lindsay Glyde

Geburt
Perth, City of Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Tod 13 Aug 1940 (im Alter von 26)
At Sea
Gedenkstätte* Englefield Green, Runnymede Borough, Surrey, England

* Eine Stätte, die im Gedenken an eine Person errichtet wird, deren Überreste an einem anderen Ort begraben sind.

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“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” (Winston Churchill, 20 Aug 1940)
F/O Glyde was one of these ‘few': one of the 2, 936 Commonwealth and Allied pilots who served during the early days of the Second World War in the summer and autumn of 1940; 544 of these young airmen lost their lives participating in ‘The Battle Of Britain’, answering the call of duty to protect the United Kingdom.

Flying Officer Glyde, flying 87 Squadron’s Hawker Hurricane I (#P3387) aircraft failed to return following air operations against German intruder aircraft which were attacking the airfields at Andover and Middle Wallop.
Military Service-
Service Number: 39983
Rank: Flying Officer
Trade: Pilot
Age: 26
Service: Royal Air Force
Division: 87 RAF Squadron

Son of Frank Cave Glyde and Phillis Napier Glyde of Claremont, Western Australia.


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