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Flying Officer

Richard Thomas Showler Morris

Service number 29044
Military unit Royal Air Force
Address Unknown
Date of birth
Date of death 05 Jan 1940 (28 years old)
Place of birth Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies Unknown
Family history

Son of Thomas and Anne of 'Hazelmere', Farndon, husband of Doreen nee Cunliffe of Pirton Lane, Thors Drive, Gloucester, married at Saint Mathew, Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire 1933.

Military history

Injuried by a falling between a wall and railings into the basement courtyard of a hotel during the blackout in Oxford. Died at Radcliffe Infirmary Oxford.

Extra information

Reserve of Air Force Officer (RAFO). At the outbreak of War, he was seconded as chief test pilot to Rotol Airscrews, world-famous suppliers of wooden- and aluminium-bladed propellers.

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