Native from Gral. Lavalle, Prov. Buenos Aires. Son of Maurice Arthur Runnacles and of Margaret Helen Runnacles (nee MacFarlane), of General Lavalle, Buenos Aires, Argentine. Ornithologist. 7 Squadron navigator at RAF Oakington. Killed in action, 11th September 1942 (age 28) in a Short Stirling Mark 1 (W7630) (MG-M). A German night fighter shot thr bomber down over Sittard, Netherlands. The Stirling had taken part in a bomber raid of 479 aircraft on Dusseldorf. Six of the eight crew members were killed. Left Argentina on 4th March 1941. Educated at St George's College – Quilmes - Argentina (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._George's_College,_Quilmes)
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