Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Photo of Edward White – From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: PIcture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: PIcture Me

Newspaper Clipping – The Red Deer Advocate 3 Nov 1943 Details of the crash from //lostbombers.co.uk F/S White was Air Gunner on Halifax HR864 in 405 Sqdn. The aircraft was airborne 2146 25 Jul 43 from Gransden Lodge. Outbound, shot down by a night-fighter crashing 12 km NE of Groningen, Holland. Those killed are buried in Ten Boer Protestant Cemetery. They are: F/O (P) M. E. Tomczak, age 23, from Saskatoon, SK; F/O (N) A. P. McCracken, age 21, from Outremont, P.Q; Sgt (WAG) C. J. V. Kettley, age 23, from Mission City, B. C; Sgt (AG) E. K. White, age 21, F/S (AG) M. S. Smyth, age 25, from Strasbourg, SK; and RAF Sgt A. J. Wood. F/O A. J. Sochowski from Woolsely, SK, was taken PoW.

Grave Marker – Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands

Cemetery – Air crew graves in Ten Boer-Gronigen, Holland

Memorial – Flight Sergeant Edward Kenneth (Eddie) White is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Flight Sergeant Edward Kenneth (Eddie) White is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens