Name: |
EDWARDS |
Given Name: |
JEFFREY HUGH |
Initials: |
J H |
Service No: |
42052 |
Rank: |
Flight LieutenantOther Casualties of this Rank |
Regiment: |
Royal Air Force |
Unit: |
7 Sqdn.Other Casualties from this Unit |
Date of Death: |
1942-03-28Other Casualties on this
Date |
Cause of Death: |
Killed in action, Stirling I W7501, shot down by night fighter pilot Oblt Ludwig Becker of the 6./NJG 2, flying a Do 215 B-5 or Bf 110 from Leeuwarden airfield on operational flight over Lubeck, Germany. Target was the Altstadt which comprised mainly timbered houses, so half of the 400 tons of bombs were incendiary devices. 62% of all dwelling in Lubeck were either destroyed or badly damaged - mainly residential. Believed crashed into the North Sea off the Frisian Islands |
Additional
Information: |
Son of William Henry Hinchcliffe Edwards and Lily Edwards, of Surrey. On war memorial for King Edward VII School, Johannesburg. |
This information was last verified for accuracy: 2020-12-20
