Gedge, Edward
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Edward |
Surname | Gedge |
Gender | M |
Age | 29 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 20-02-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Edward and Dora Gedge. Husband of Dorothy Gedge, of Erdington, Birmingham. Chartered Accountant. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | JB609 |
Markings | PH-F |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Harderwijk General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | British Plot 1. Grave 42. |
Epitaph | THOUGH LOST TO SIGHT IN MEMORY EVER DEAR. YOUR LOVING WIFE DOROTHY |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 39 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1228595 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Miscellaneous Information
Each year in November the local people of Harderwijk hold a ceremony to honour the 43 airmen who lie in their cemetery. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/168/4 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/168/3 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 19-02-1944 |
End Date | 20-02-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Wickenby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (22% moon) |
Operation | Leipzig |
Reason for Loss | Take off: 2323 hrs. Shot down by Oblt Hans-Heinz Augenstein, 7./NJG 1, and crashed 02.30 hrs on 20 Feb 1944 at Elspeet (Gelderland, NL), 15 km NW of Apeldoorn. All 7 crew were killed |