Brunsdon, Edward Ronald
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Edward Ronald |
Surname | Brunsdon |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 06-09-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Sidney George and Edith Nellie Brunsdon, of Gloucester. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | PB466 |
Markings | MG-Q |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 226. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 137 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1587881 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 7 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Hilton House Hotel, Hilton, Derbyshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Blue Plaque on external wall |
Memorial Text | Air Commodore Herbert Martin Massey CBE DSO MC 1898-1976 Senior British Officer at Stalag Luft III Sagan who authorised 'The Great Escape' was born here. Hilton and Marston History Group |
Location | All Saints Church, Longstanton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window and Roll of Honour Book |
Memorial Text | Remember here before God those of 7 Squadron who died in action in The Royal Flying Corps 1914-18 and The Royal Air Force 1939-45 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/101/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/101/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 06-09-1944 |
End Date | 06-09-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Oakington |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Emden- the last raid of the war on this town. 181 aircraft. An escorted raid, with Spitfires to being with, then American Mustangs. 1 Lancaster lost- the Deputy Master Bomber. The bombing was accurate and the town was seen to be a mass of flames, although no local report is available. |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak over the target and crashed east of the city centre. |