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1st/2nd June 1942. Op= Essen Wellington Ic HX375 –X

Sgt K Edmonds R.A.F. (Killed)

F/S K B Utman R.C.A.F. (Killed)

Sgt B H Edye R.A.A.F. (Killed)

Sgt G Horner R.A.F. (Killed)

F/S R I Derry R.C.A.F. (Killed)

Took-off 2259hrs from Graveley carrying 600 gallons of fuel and armed with a 500lb GP bomb, 6 SBC, each holding 90 x 4lb incendiaries. Crashed circa 0130hrs near Antwerp, where all are now buried in Schoonselhof Cemetery.


Sergeant Pilot Kenneth Edmonds R.A.F.V.R.

16th/17th September 1942 Op= Essen. Wellington Ic DV723 –H.

Sgt P L Looney R.A.A.F. (Missing)

Sgt M J Clayton R.A.F. (Missing)

Sgt J T Pate R.A.F. (Missing)

Sgt A E W Butler R.A.F. (Missing)

Sgt C G Calcutt R.A.F. (Missing)

Took-off from R.A.F. Wing 2019hrs. Lost without trace. All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.


The crew are remembered on the following panels at the Runnymede Memorial. Sgt’s Butler and Calcutt Panel 79, Sgt Clayton Panel 80, Sgt Pate Panel 91, and Sgt Looney Panel 112.

16th/17th September 1942 Op= Essen. Wellington Ic DV941 –G.

Sgt L W Streeter R.N.Z.A.F. (Killed)

Sgt W G Archer R.A.F. (Missing)

Sgt A M Bartlett R.A.F. (Missing)

F/S D A White R.C.A.F. (Missing)

F/S H E Johnson R.C.A.F. (Killed)

Took-off from R.A.F. Wing 2029hrs. Crashed off the coast of Holland. Sgt Streeter R.N.Z.A.F. is buried in Noordijk General Cemetery, while F/S Johnson R.C.A.F. lies in the New Eastern Cemetery at Amsterdam. The rest of the crew are commemorated on The Runnymede Memorial.


Frequently Used Sources used in Support and illustration of Society Remembrance site pages

Organisations :
I.W.M. (Imperial War Museum) C.W.G.C. (Commonwealth War Graves Commission) P.R.O. (Public Records Office) (National Archives)  N.A.A. (National Archives of Australia) The Air Forces Memorial Runnymede Panels (WW2Talk) Chiltern Aircraft Preservation Society Archives (David King & Alexander D King) Booker Aircraft Museum Archives, (David King & Alexander D King) Aircrew Remembrance Society Archives

Publications, Authors, Records, Reference works, Press  & Press Photography :
Bomber Command Losses (W.R. Chorley All Volumes) Fighter Command Losses  (Norman L. R. Franks All Volumes) Air-Britain Serials, Individual Aircraft Files & Publications, Ai-Britain, Fleet Air Arm Aircraft 1939-1945 (Ray Sturtivant, I.S.O. with Mick Burrow) After The Battle Publications The Blitz Then And Now  Volumes 1,2 & 3, The Battle Of Britain Then And Now, The Battle Of France Then and Now, (Editor Winston G. Ramsey, Assistant Editor Gordon Ramsey) Bomber Losses Middle East & Mediterranean (David Gunby & Pelham Temple) Coastal Command Losses (Ross McNeill,) The Nuremberg Raid (Martin Middlebrook), The Source Book (Ken Delve) Mighty Eighth war Diary (Roger A. Freeman)  The B-17 Flying Fortress Story (Roger A. Freeman) Daily Telegraph (Harry Flower War Correspondent), Kent Messenger, Planet News, Fox Photos,

Aviation Artist & Profile Illustrators:
Robert Taylor, Mark Postlethwaite, Adam Tooby, Robert Tomlin, Simon Atack, Roy Grinnell, Gerald Coulson, Nicolas Trudgian, Keith Aspinall, Iain Wyllie, Ivan Berryman, Darryl Legg

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