Edgar Ivan Ford                             Updated:  08 JUN 2010

Airman: a068001.htm Surname: Ford Init: E I Rank: F/O Service: RCAF Sqdn: 58

P_link: p427.htm Plane: HAL JP336 Operation: Anti ship Crash_site: Kattegat.

Crash_d: d240445 Buried_d: b161145 C_link: c068.htm At_Next: Odder

  "Den 23. april 1945 kl. 20.15 lettede F/O Lawrence Barclay Davey fra Stornoway i HAL JP336. Ved midnat opdagede flyet en tysk konvoj fra Norge, og under det første angreb blev flyet svært beskadiget af flak. Davey forsøgte at nå land, men ca. 1 sømil (måske omkring her) nordøst for Gjerrild på Djursland (Gjerrild Fyr her) måtte flyet lande på vandet, hvor det holdt sig flydende i brændende tilstand i en halv time. Fra land blev branden observeret, men ingen sejlede til undsætning." (FT 91-10-54) Se hele historien ved HAL JP336.

"Liget af Sgt Oddy blev den 11. november 1945 fundet i strandkanten ved Saksild plantage (omkring her) og transporteret til Odder Sygehus. Henholdsvis den 11. og 12. november 1945 fandt man syd for Rude Strandhotel (omkring her, nu Pensionisthøjskolen Rude Strand) yderligere ligene af 2 omkomne flyvere (Parker og Ford). De 3 flyvere blev begravet (på Odder Ny Kirkegård) den 16. november 1945 som ukendte." (FAF)

Se mindesten for Sgt E.N. Oddy og F/O E.I Ford og F/O M.A. Parker.
Flying Officer (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) Edgar Ivan Ford, 20 år, var søn af Edgar Ford og Elizabeth Anne Ford, Gilroy, Saskatchewan, Canada. (Kilde: CWGC)
Se hans navn blandt 47 navne i St. Clement Danes og i Horsens.

Fra HAL JP336 er 3 flyvere begravet i Odder, 1 i Sverige, 2 har ingen kendt grav og 3 blev taget til fange.
Airwar over Denmark har mere om dette fly og dets besætning. 9 flyvere. Flere links i engelsk version.

"F/O Lawrence Barclay Davey took off from Stornoway in HAL JP336 on 23 April 1945 at 20:15. At midnight the plane spotted a German convoy from Norway, and the plane was heavily damaged by flak during the first attack. Davey tried to reach land, but the plane had to ditch about 1 nautical mile (maybe about here) northeast of Gjerrild in Djursland (Gjerrild Lighthouse here). It floated burning for half an hour. The fire was seen from land, but nobody sailed out to their rescue." (FT 91-10-54) See all of the story at HAL JP336.

"On 11 November 1945 the dead body of Sgt Oddy was found by the water´s edge at Saksild plantation (about here) and taken to Odder Hospital. On 11 and 12 November 1945 the dead bodies of 2 more airmen (Parker and Ford) were found south of Rude Strandhotel (about here, now Pensionisthøjskolen Rude Strand). The 3 airmen were buried (in Odder New Churchyard) as unknown on 16 November 1945." (FAF)

See monument to Sgt E.N. Oddy and F/O E.I Ford and F/O M.A. Parker.
Flying Officer (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) Edgar Ivan Ford, 20, was the son of Edgar Ford, and of Elizabeth Anne Ford, of Gilroy, Saskatchewan, Canada. (Source: CWGC) See his name among 47 names in St. Clement Danes and in Horsens.

3 airmen from HAL JP336 are buried in Odder, 1 in Sweden, 2 have no known graves and 3 became POWs.
See Anatomy of a Halifax and No. 58 Squadron at RAF Bomber Command 60th Anniversary. Also RAF Coastal Command. This Halifax from No. 18 Group RAF started from RAF Stornoway. Robin Hudson of RAFA Stornoway sent details of airmen from HAL JP333 * HAL JP302 * HAL JP173 * HAL PN402 * HAL JP299.
Also HAL HX224 and HAL JP336 took off from RAF Stornoway. See the present 58 Squadron with 58 Squadron History. Also 58 Squadron (History Page, WW II).
Airwar over Denmark has more about this plane and its crew. 9 airmen.