Swart, Edward Cornelius Martin
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Edward Cornelius Martin |
Surname | Swart |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 05-11-1944 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | MZ772 |
Markings | DY-Q |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Overloon War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | III. A. 9. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 250 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1486325 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 102 (Ceylon) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Catherine's Church Barmby Moor, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour in wall mounted wooden case, Sqn Badge above |
Memorial Text | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn Roll of Honour and Sqn badge |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, Easy Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stylised Memorial with inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF and 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF which served at RAF Pocklington during WW2 |
Miscellaneous Information
His re-interment from Margraten American Cemetery to Overloon suggest that the Americans recovered his body |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/810/22 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/810/21 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 04-11-1944 |
End Date | 05-11-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Pocklington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (77% moon) |
Operation | Bochum. 749 aircraft, 28 losses (3.7%), mainly due to night-fighters. 346 Free French Squadron lost 5 out of its 16 Halifaxes. A very successful attack with severe damage to the centre of Bochum. More than 4000 buildings were destroyed, including the steel works. 994 people were killed. This was the last major raid on Bochum |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Laurensberg, NW of Aachen, Germany |