Logan, Ray Hutchings Died

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Personal Information

Rank P/O
Forename(s) Ray Hutchings
Surname Logan
Gender M
Age 23
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.
LOGAN RH

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.

IBCC Memorial Information

Map
Directions to panel 200
LOGAN RH

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Directions From the Chadwick Centre, take the central path towards The Spire.

Phase 2
Panel Number 200

Enlistment Information

Service Number J/17599
Service Royal Canadian Air Force
Group 8
Squadron 109
Squadron Motto Primi hastati (The first of the legion)
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 KoeKoekspad, Bleskensgraf, Zuid Holland Province
Country the Netherlands
Memorial Type Propeller unit and stencilled composite information board
Memorial Text Aan boord van de Engelse Havilland Mosquito DZ432 van het 109e RAF Sqn bevonden zich twee jonge Canadese bemanningsleden. Pilot Cameron (Fritz) Chrysler en navigator Raymond Hutchings Logan waren op de terugweg van een target marking mission boven de stad Essen in Duitsland. Hun toestel kwam brandend aanvliegen wit oostelijke richting (Brandwijk) toen het om 01:54 ur op een hoogte van enkele kilometers ontplofte, op de grens van de polders Gijbeland en Zevenhoven
Translation "On board the English Havilland Mosquito DZ432 of 109 Sqn RAF were two young Canadian crew members. Pilot Cameron (Fritz) Chrysler and navigator Raymond Hutchings Logan were on their way back from a target marking mission over the city of Essen in Germany. Their plane was flying in a blazing white easterly direction (Brandwijk) when it exploded at 1:54 am at an altitude of several kilometers, on the border of the Gijbeland and Zevenhoven polders."
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.

The National Archives

Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/853/48
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/853/48

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 Aircraft Loss Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Bleskensgraaf en Hofwegen, Holland
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