Fidler, Edwin Gordon
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Edwin Gordon |
Surname | Fidler |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 22-03-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Walter Edwin and Lily Agnes Fidler, of Edmonton, Middlesex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ND649 |
Markings | TL-C |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 7. K. 13. |
Epitaph | CALLED TO HIGHER SERVICE. AT PEACE WITH GOD |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 163 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1396105 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 35 (Madras Presidency) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Roadside Location, Graveley, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | Graveley Airfield 1942-1945 8 Group Bomber Command 35 Squadron Pathfinder Force 692 Squadron Light Night Striking Force R.A.F. To commemorate this airfield in honour of those who served the nation aircrew, groundstaff & WAFF of United Kingdom Dominions, C |
Location | All Saints Church, Offord Cluny, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, Sqn Badge & Roll of Honour |
Memorial Text | Remember before God all those airmen and airwomen 3who served with 35 Squadron R.A.F. Graveley 1939-1945 |
Miscellaneous Information
This was the crew's fifth PFF operational sortie |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/381/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/381/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 22-03-1944 |
End Date | 23-03-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Graveley |
Day/Night Raid | Night (3% moon) |
Operation | Frankfurt. 816 aircraft, 33 losses (4.0%). An indirect route, in addition to a diversionary raid on Kiel kept fighters away for some time and in fact the German controller believed that Frankfurt was the target. Marking and bombing were accurate and Frankfurt was again badly damaged right across the city. 948 deaths and 346 seriously injured. Some 120000 people were bombed out of their homes. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Eschorn, NW of Frankfurt |