Webb, Edward Victor
Personal Information
Rank | W/O |
Forename(s) | Edward Victor |
Surname | Webb |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 25-04-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Albert Edwin and Hilda Jessie Webb, of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | MZ503 |
Markings | PT-L |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Zuilichem General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Row 1. Coll. grave 1-3. |
Epitaph | BELOVED SON. SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 261 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/114846 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 420 (Snowy Owl) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Webb Bay, Saskatchewan |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Bay |
Memorial Text |
Location | Outside former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet on Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served at RAF Croft, 1941-1945 including 420 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Village Green, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial, inscribed Metal Plaque and Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | A memorial, in English & French, to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 420 (RCAF) Sqn |
Location | Former Control Tower, Tholthorpe Airfield, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 420 Sqn |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1826/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1826/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 24-04-1944 |
End Date | 25-04-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Tholthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (6% moon) |
Operation | Karlsruhe. 637 aircraft, 19 losses (3.0%). A combination of cloud and a strong wind meant that PFF marked too far north of the target. As a result, most bombs fell outside the city and some aircraft bombed alternative targets as they were unable to find Karlsruhe. Opinion is divided about the casualties |
Reason for Loss | Crashed near Zuilichem on the south bank of the Waal, Holland |