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Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class II Edwin Milton Hooker
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Edwin Milton Hooker
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Edwin Milton Hooker
Just weeks before the end of the war Ed's 429 Squadron switched over to Lancs. On a bombing run over Hamburg they were shot down by a German jet fighter. Only 2 of 7 crewmen survived. Born and raised in Wheatley, Ontario, according to Hooker,s sister, he could have come home sooner, but in a letter home he stated that " he had a job to do and he planned to finish it."
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Edwin Milton Hooker
Becklingen War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Edwin Milton Hooker
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Edwin Milton Hooker
Warrant Officer Class II Edwin Milton Hooker is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Edwin Milton Hooker
Warrant Officer Class II Edwin Milton Hooker is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Just weeks before the end of the war Ed's 429 Squadron switched over to Lancs. On a bombing run over Hamburg they were shot down by a German jet fighter. Only 2 of 7 crewmen survived. Born and raised in Wheatley, Ontario, according to Hooker,s sister, he could have come home sooner, but in a letter home he stated that " he had a job to do and he planned to finish it."
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Becklingen War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Warrant Officer Class II Edwin Milton Hooker is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Warrant Officer Class II Edwin Milton Hooker is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 525 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY Germany
BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY is 13 km south east of Soltau on the west side of the road from Hamburg to Hannover.
From Hannover travel north in the direction of Hamburg on the Autoroute No.7 for 80 km until the junction with Soltau Sud, this is in fact the junction of the A7 with the B3 Hannover to Hamburg road.
On leaving the A7 at Soltau Sud follow the B3 in the direction of Celle and Bergen. The cemetery is on the right hand side of the road, 7 Km from the motorway junction.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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