Simon Glancey has submitted the following:
L.A.C. Riddell, of 98 Squadron, was killed aboard the troopship R.M.S. Lancastria, which was sunk with huge loss of life when it was bombed off St. Nazaire. The ship was evacuating Allied personnel from France when it was tracked by the Luftwaffe, and it sank with the death toll estimated to be between 3,000 and 5,800.
He is remembered in Ashington on A17.01 (A17.27) and A11.43
R.M.S. Lancastria
Lancastria Archive
The CWGC entry for Leading Aircraftman Riddell
