Name: |
SMITH |
Given Name: |
EDWARD BOUCHER |
Initials: |
E B |
Service No: |
778398 |
Trade: |
Pilot |
Rank: |
SergeantOther Casualties of this Rank |
Regiment: |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Unit: |
106 Sqdn.Other Casualties from this Unit |
Date of Death: |
1941-10-27Other Casualties on this
Date |
Age: |
22 |
Cause of Death: |
Died in Aircraft Accident, crew of Hampden AD785 took off from Coningsby at 18.10hrs on 26th October 1941, the aircraft was one of 115 aircraft tasked with bombing shipyards in Hamburg area at two aiming points. Returning crews later reported that good bombing was possible in the moonlight but this Hampden appears to have flown off track on the return leg and came in over the Yorkshire coast somewhere near Scarborough. The aircraft exploded in mid-air at around 01.00hrs on 27th October 1941 over the eastern side of the North Yorkshire Moors and wreckage fell to the ground at a steep angle where upon it caught fire |
Additional
Information: |
Son of Sydney Ward Smith and Joyce Elizabeth Smith, of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. |
This information was last verified for accuracy: 2018-10-28
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