Alexander, Edward Sudbury
Personal Information
Rank | S/L |
Forename(s) | Edward Sudbury |
Surname | Alexander |
Gender | M |
Age | 24 |
Decorations | DFC, DFM |
Date of Death | 14-01-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Dare Robertson Alexander and Sybil Alexander. Husband of Kareneena Rosalia Alexander, of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ND357 |
Markings | GT-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 29. B. 2. |
Epitaph | MY LOVE GOES WITH YOU MY DARLING |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 122 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/15543 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 156 |
Squadron Motto | We light the way |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Alexander Island, Saskatchewan |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Island |
Memorial Text |
Location | St. Mary Magdalene Church, Warboys, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window & Inscribed Slate Tablet |
Memorial Text | We light the way" This tablet is placed in memory of Flight Lieutenant JL Sloper DFC and Bar, RAFVR. And in tribute to all who served with 156 Squadron Path Finders Force at RAF Warboys, 1942-1945, In gratitude. |
Location | Tithe Farm, Warboys, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Pillars and inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | From this RAF Station Warboys 156 squadrons No 8 (PFF) group, marked targets for Bomber Command 1942-1944 |
Miscellaneous Information
156 Squadron Lost five Lancasters on this raid with only five men surviving |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1042/2 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1042/1 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 14-01-1944 |
End Date | 15-01-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Warboys |
Day/Night Raid | Night (82% moon) |
Operation | Brunswick. 498 aircraft, all but two of them Lancasters. First major raid on this town of the war. 38 Lancasters Lost (7.6%). The German controller tracked the bomber stream from just off the English coastline and many German fighters entered the stream over Bremen, continuing to score hits until the stream left the Dutch coast on the return leg. Pathfinder losses were unusually high (11 aircraft). The raid was not successful even though the town was not expansive alongside most targets. Many bombs fell in open countryside or in neighbouring towns. Only 10 houses destroyed. 14 deaths on the ground. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Kolhorn, ENE of Schagen, Holland |