Davison, Edward
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Edward |
Surname | Davison |
Gender | M |
Age | 26 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 20-04-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of Edward Thomas Davison and Sarah Annie Davison. Husband of Evelyn Davison, of Paulsgrove, Portsmouth. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Fairey Battle I |
Serial Number | P2201 |
Markings | HA- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 7. D. 25. |
Epitaph | IN LOVING MEMORY OF DAVE. EVELYN, JEAN AND PAT, MUM, DAD AND FAMILY |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 154 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 563790 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | AASF |
Squadron | 218 (Gold Coast) |
Trade | Observer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Mary's Church, Bexwell, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of the squadrons based at R.A.F. Downham Market and those who have their lives during the 1939 - 1945 war |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH and Sqn Crest |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Miscellaneous Information
The Canadian pilot survived and later successfully escaped from Colditz |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1348/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1348/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 19-04-1940 |
End Date | 20-04-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Aubérive-sur-Suippe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (93% moon) |
Operation | Reconnaissance along the Rhine then then Nickel-drop Darmstadt and Mainz |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a fighter flown by Ofw. Willi Schmale of 12.(N)/JG 2, crashing at Krailsheim at 0045 hrs, the first recorded night success for the Luftwaffe |