Lieutenant Herbert Brian Richardson MC (27 May 1898 – 14 February 1922) was a British World War I flying ace credited with 15 aerial victories.
[1] Richardson joined the Royal Flying Corps as a cadet, and was commissioned as a temporary second lieutenant (on probation) on 21 June 1917.
24 Squadron in northern France to fly the SE.5a single-seat fighter, and between 18 February and 4 April 1918 was credited with nine enemy aircraft destroyed (two shared), and six driven down out of control (one shared).
[1] His award of the Military Cross was gazetted on 21 June 1918, his citation reading: Richardson was transferred to the RAF's unemployed list on 10 June 1919,[5] but briefly returned to active service, being granted a short service commission with the rank of flying officer on 23 September 1920,[6] which he resigned on 18 May 1921.
[7] Richardson was killed in a flying accident in Cuatro Vientos, Spain, on 14 February 1922.