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Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Edwin Arthur Lansdowne
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Edwin Arthur Lansdowne
G. Edmonds Crew #433 Squadron with their Halifax 111 LV-971 Code BM-N at Skipton on Swale Airfield February 1943. <P>
Standing L.to R. - Flt.Sgt. Harold William (Bill) Fox R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve - W.OP/Air Gnr. Flt. Lieutenant Gerald Boyd (Gerry) Edmonds R.C.A.F.- Pilot. Pilot Officer Edwin Arthur (Red) Lansdowne R.C.A.F. - Air Bomber. Sgt. Arthur William (Art) Wilkinson R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve - Flt. Engr. <P>
Front Row L. to R. .....Pilot Officer David Beatty Carter R.C.A.F. - Mid-Uppr. Gnr. Pilot Officer Harold Keith Tole R.C.A.F. - Rear Air Gnr. <P>
On April 18/19, 1944 on a mission to attack the rail yards at Noisy Le Sec all crew were killed after being hit by flak in the target area.<P>
Submitted on behalf of: Karen L. (Carter) Schofield, niece of R.C.A.F. P.O. David B. Carter. Never To Be Forgotten. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
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G. Edmonds Crew #433 Squadron with their Halifax 111 LV-971 Code BM-N at Skipton on Swale Airfield February 1943. <P> Standing L.to R. - Flt.Sgt. Harold William (Bill) Fox R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve - W.OP/Air Gnr. Flt. Lieutenant Gerald Boyd (Gerry) Edmonds R.C.A.F.- Pilot. Pilot Officer Edwin Arthur (Red) Lansdowne R.C.A.F. - Air Bomber. Sgt. Arthur William (Art) Wilkinson R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve - Flt. Engr. <P> Front Row L. to R. .....Pilot Officer David Beatty Carter R.C.A.F. - Mid-Uppr. Gnr. Pilot Officer Harold Keith Tole R.C.A.F. - Rear Air Gnr. <P> On April 18/19, 1944 on a mission to attack the rail yards at Noisy Le Sec all crew were killed after being hit by flak in the target area.<P> Submitted on behalf of: Karen L. (Carter) Schofield, niece of R.C.A.F. P.O. David B. Carter. Never To Be Forgotten. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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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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Pilot Officer Edwin Arthur Lansdowne is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer Edwin Arthur Lansdowne 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 359 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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CLICHY NORTHERN CEMETERY Hauts-de-Seine, France
Clichy is a town adjoining the northern boundary of Paris. The Cemetery lies between the Town Hall and the River Seine and is entered from the Rue General Roger. The British Plot is in the southern quarter of the Cemetery under the south boundary wall. Clichy is best reached from central Paris by taking the Metro from the Gare St. Lazare to Port de Clichy Station, which is near Clichy Town Hall.
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