Docherty, Edward
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Edward |
Surname | Docherty |
Gender | M |
Age | 26 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 04-06-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of John and Catherine Docherty. Husband of Anna Orr Reid Docherty. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | W7537 |
Markings | BU-H |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Becklingen War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 13. C. 14. |
Epitaph | OUR LADY OF LOURDES, PRAY FOR HIM |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 156 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1101593 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 214 (Federated Malay States) |
Trade | Observer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside former Officers Mess, Stradishall, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | To commemorate 32 years of service by the men and women of R.A.F. Stradishall 1938 - 1970 |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Plaques and RoH within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1321/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1321/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 03-06-1942 |
End Date | 04-06-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Stradishall |
Day/Night Raid | Night (70% moon) |
Operation | Bremen. 170 aircraft. Although crews reported indifferent results, this was in fact the third heaviest raid on Bremen of the war. The U-boat factory was damaged as was the harbour area generally |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed SSE of Bremen |