Richard Raymond-Barker, MC (6 May 1894 – 20 April 1918) was a British aviator and flying ace, credited with six aerial victories in the First World War.
[2][3][4] He was born in Forest Gate, Essex (now in London), lived in Bisley, Gloucestershire,[5] and was educated at Wimbledon College.
48 Squadron RFC as a flight commander, flying the Bristol F.2b two-seater heavy fighter.
[14] He scored his final two triumphs soon after, on the 8th (with Sergeant Jack Mason as his observer) and 17th, bringing his total to two Albatros D.IIIs destroyed and four enemy aircraft driven down out of control.
On 20 April 1918, it ran into a patrol of Fokker Triplanes of the Flying Circus, and Raymond-Barker was shot down and killed by Manfred von Richthofen.
[18] Raymond-Barker's body was never recovered,[1][19] and so he is commemorated at the Arras Flying Services Memorial.