J Ridley
Дж. Ридли
d. 1941
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Aircraftman J Ridley served with No. 134 Squadron RAF, part of No. 151 Wing at Vaenga, near Murmansk. He was killed on 27 September 1941 when Hurricane BD825 crashed on take-off at Vaenga. The Air Ministry casualty file records that two ground crew were on the aircraft's tail when it took off; a published account states the pilot took off unaware the airmen were still there, and that the aircraft rose and then dived into the ground. Aircraftman G Thomas was killed in the same accident, and the pilot, Flight Lieutenant V W Berg, received severe leg injuries. His forenames are not established by the sources consulted — the file records only the initial J.
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- Severomorsk (Vaenga) Cemetery — Commonwealth war graves in the Soviet Arctic
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