Cutting, Edward John
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Edward John |
Surname | Cutting |
Gender | M |
Age | 31 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-09-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Ernest Arthur and Ellen Louise Cutting. Husband of Lilian Cutting, of Leyton, Essex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | DT487 |
Markings | LQ-M |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hotton War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | X. C. 7. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 152 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 846953 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 405 (Vancouver) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Rue Bois de Graux, Lesve, Namur Province |
Country | Belgium |
Memorial Type | Sculptured memorial stone, inscribed metal plaque & stencilled information board |
Memorial Text | Ce monument a été érigé à la mémoire des huit hommes d’équipage du Halifax DT 487 LQ-M du 405 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force tombé en ce lieu |
Location | Adjacent to Village Windmill, Mill Rd, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Remembering 405 (Vancouver) Sqn. PFF at Gransden Lodge 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Bartholomew's Church, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, RoH and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the 801 airmen of 405 Sqn. RCAF who gave their lives 1941 - 1945 |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Marble Pillar and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of 102 (Ceylon) and 405 (Vancouver) Sqns. Pocklington Airfield |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1787/32 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1787/31 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-09-1942 |
End Date | 03-09-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Topcliffe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (47% moon) |
Operation | Karlsruhe. 200 aircraft despatched- 8 losses (4.0%). PFF achieved good accuracy and as a result the raid was a success. Reconnaissance photographs showed extensive damage to the residential areas and some damage to the industrial centres |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed 12km SW of Namur, Belgium |