Edwards, Francis Bernard
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Francis Bernard |
Surname | Edwards |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-10-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Bernard Lawrence Edwards and Kathleen Edwards, of Chestfield, Whitstable, Kent. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax V |
Serial Number | EB213 |
Markings | NA-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hanover War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 11. C. 2. |
Epitaph | I HOPE TO SEE MY PILOT FACE TO FACE WHEN I HAVE CROST THE BAR |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 159 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 159033 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 428 (Ghost) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to fomer St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed slate tablets |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to all who served on 428 (RCAF) Sqn at Middleton St. George during WWII, especially those who made the supreme sacrifice |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1849/20 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1849/19 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 03-10-1943 |
End Date | 04-10-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Night (21% moon) |
Operation | Kassel. 547 aircraft, 24 losses (4.4%). H2S blind marking aircraft overshot the aiming point badly and the visual markers could not compensate due to thick haze. Decoy fires were probably also used by the Germans. The Henschel and Fieseler aircraft factories were hit and the suburb of Wolfshanger was devastated, in part due to an ammunition dump being hit. 118 deaths on the ground. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Hofgeismar, Germany |