Shaw, Edmund Verner
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Edmund Verner |
Surname | Shaw |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
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Date of Death | 21-05-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Edmund and Mary Shaw, of Belfast. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Anson I |
Serial Number | N5259 |
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Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Belfast (Dundonald) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. D.4. Grave 105. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 96 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 748518 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 91 |
Squadron | 21 OTU |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Main Gate of UK Fire & Rescue Service College, Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Slate Plaque |
Memorial Text | The Fire Service College Moreton in Marsh England, Royal Air Force Moreton-in-Marsh 1941-1959. Long ago it was and yet who amongst us dare forget |
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 21-05-1942 |
End Date | 21-05-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Moreton-in-Marsh |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Low-level cross-country training flight |
Reason for Loss | Flew into high tension cables around a mile east of Kingham, near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. Three of the crew of five survived injured. |