Logan, Ray Hutchings
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Ray Hutchings |
Surname | Logan |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 28-05-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Harold Thomas Logan and Adorene Logan (née Hutchings), of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Husband of Margaret Logan (née Hays), whom he married in Winnipeg on 26 February 1942. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | de Havilland Mosquito IV |
Serial Number | DZ432 |
Markings | HS-N |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rotterdam (Crooswijk) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot LL. Row 1. Grave 40. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 200 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/17599 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 109 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Logan Point, Manitoba; On the northern bank of Windy Lake |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Point |
Memorial Text |
Location | RAF Wyton Memorial Garden, Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the Pathfinder Sqns operating from RAF Wyton, 1942-1945 |
Location | All Saints Church, Little Staughton, Bedfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet, Roll of Honour, Gp & Sqn Badges |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and memorial to those who served at RAF Little Staughton during WW2, including 109 Sqn |
Location | RAF Wyton Memorial Gardens, Wyton, Cambridgshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who served at RAF Wyton during WW2, including 109 Sqn |
Miscellaneous Information
This was the first Oboe equipped Mosquito to be shot down over enemy territory |
Ray was born at Edmonton, Alberta on 23 August 1919. His father, a solicitor, was born in Carberry, Manitoba and his mother in Edmonton, Alberta. He had a brother John and a sister Joyce. He attended the Westmount schools 1925 -1934 (grades 6-8) and then 1934-1935 (grades 8-9). He then went to Edmonton Technical High school 1935-1936 (grade 10) and West Jasper Place High school 1936-1938 (grades 10 and 11). Ray joined in all the summer sports as well as skating and his hobbies were photography and Telegraphy. He worked as a clerk between 1938-1940 at the Bank of Commerce in Edmonton and then transferred to Smoky Lake, 1940-1941. |
Ray enlisted on 27 May 1941 and after training embarked from Canada for the U.K. on 30 April 1942 . He arrived at 3PRC on 13 May then went through 2(0) AFU on 15 June 1942, 23 OTU 28 July 1942, 425 Sqn 7 October 1942 and 109 Squadron on 28 January 1943. Sadly just four months later, Ray was to lose his life. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 27-05-1943 |
End Date | 28-05-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Wyton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (34% moon) |
Operation | Essen. 518 aircraft, 23 losses (4.4%). PFF used sky marking due to cloud cover. Limited damage to central and northern districts of Essen. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Bleskensgraaf en Hofwegen, Holland |