Lansdowne, Edwin Arthur
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Edwin Arthur |
Surname | Lansdowne |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 18-04-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Reginald Arthur Lansdowne and Maud Lansdowne (née Benford), of Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada. Husband of Marion Anna Lansdowne (née Nielson), whom he married on 25 April 1943 at Sturgeon Falls. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LV971 |
Markings | BM-N |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Clichy Northern Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 16. Row 15. Grave 19. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 196 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/91046 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 433 (Porcupine) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Miscellaneous Information
Edwin was born on 17 July 1920 at Sturgeon Falls, Ontario. Both parents were born in England, his father in Essex, a disabled war veteran, now a pensioner, and his mother was born in Kent. He went to school at Sturgeon Falls: Public school 1927-1935 followed by the High School, 1935-1940. He also went on a W.E.T.P .course at Ontario Teachers College in 1942. Edwin had many and varied sport interests: swimming, dancing, skiing, baseball, and snow-shoeing amongst others, and his hobbies were electricity and the radio. From 1940 onwards he worked as a clerk for Crowley & McCracken at Nobel, Ontario until enlisting on 14 March 1942. |
After enlisting and training, Edwin was posted to the U.K. and embarked from Halifax for the U.K. on 23 June 1943. He arrived at 3PRC on 2 July 1943 and then went to 6 (0) AFU 14 July 1943, 22 OTU on 10 August 1943, 1666 CU 4 November 1943 and on to 433 Squadron 1 December 1943. Sadly Edwin was to lose his life on 18 April 1944. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1862/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1862/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 18-04-1944 |
End Date | 19-04-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Skipton on Swale |
Day/Night Raid | Night (20% moon) |
Operation | Noisy-le-Sec- to bomb marshalling yards. 181 aircraft. 4 Halifaxes Lost A successful raid with much damage being inflicted to the engine sheds and workshops. Delayed action bombs continued to explode for a week after the attack, hampering efforts to clear the site. 750 houses were destroyed, 464 people killed and 370 injured. |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak and crashed in the target area |