Evans, Herbert Edmund
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Herbert Edmund |
Surname | Evans |
Gender | M |
Age | 24 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 06-09-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of John Edmund and Elizabeth Jane Evans, of Hodnet, Shropshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | de Havilland Mosquito IV |
Serial Number | DK322 |
Markings | GB-P |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Heverlee War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 2. E. 3. |
Epitaph | HE'S GONE. I ONLY KNOW IN HIS YOUNG EYES A SUDDEN GLORY SHONE AND HE WAS GONE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 161 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 943155 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 2 |
Squadron | 105 |
Trade | Observer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Terminal Building, Norwich Airport, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Memorial |
Memorial Text | Memorial to the aircrew of the RAF and USAAF who served and gave their lives whilst operating from RAF Horsham St Faith |
Location | All Saints Church, Swanton Morley, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Window |
Memorial Text | A memorial to all those who served at RAF Swanton Morley during WW2, including 105 Sqn from October 1940 to December 1941 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 06-09-1942 |
End Date | 06-09-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Horsham St. Faith |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Frankfurt |
Reason for Loss | Believed to have been shot down by a fighter and crashed SSE of Leuven, Belgium |