Webb, Edward Frederick
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Edward Frederick |
Surname | Webb |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 05-05-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Frederick and Edith May Webb, of Upminster, Essex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington II |
Serial Number | Z8495 |
Markings | PH- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 18. H. 18-22. |
Epitaph | GOD GAVE US A LOVING SON. NOW HE HAS TAKEN HIM BACK AGAIN. MUM AND DAD |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 113 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 644998 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/14068 (P368564/42) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/166/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/166/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 05-05-1942 |
End Date | 06-05-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Binbrook |
Day/Night Raid | Night (67% moon) |
Operation | Stuttgart |
Reason for Loss | Lost without trace. Post-war investigations (1948) concluded that the aircraft crashed near Reuth, 6 miles northeast of Prum which is 53 miles southwest of Koblenz. |