Botkin Richard Trent

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Richard Trent Botkin is honored on the following 2 monument(s) in our database:

Canada's Bomber Command Memorial Panels

ISOB Richard T. Botkin

Name:

Richard Trent Botkin

Rank:

Flight Lieutenant

Serial Number:

J/16957

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Date of Death:

1943-10-09

State:

Kentucky

Cemetery:

Hanover War Cemetery, Germany

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Richard Trent Botkin, of Lexington, Kentucky, was born on February 24, 1913, in Caldwell, Sumner County, Kansas. He was the son of Ralph Waldo Botkin and Faye Viola Trent Botkin. He was the husband of Madge Inez Sullivan Ahuna.

Richard served in the 405 Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Flight Lieutenant during World War II. He was Killed in Action on October 9, 1943, when his Lancaster aircraft # JA 980 was shot down over Steinberg, Germany, during a night trip to Hanover, Germany.

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