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Identity
Person No.
23475
Service No.
778398
Last Name
First Name
Edward Boucher
Initials
E B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Died in Aircraft Accident, crew of Hampden AD785 took off from Coningsby at 18.10hrs on 26th October 1941, the aircraft was one of 115 aircraft tasked with bombing shipyards in Hamburg area at two aiming points. Returning crews later reported that good bombing was possible in the moonlight but this Hampden appears to have flown off track on the return leg and came in over the Yorkshire coast somewhere near Scarborough. The aircraft exploded in mid-air at around 01.00hrs on 27th October 1941 over the eastern side of the North Yorkshire Moors and wreckage fell to the ground at a steep angle where upon it caught fire
Grave Reference
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Country
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Cemetery
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Additional Information
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Son of Sydney Ward Smith and Joyce Elizabeth Smith, of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia.
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project