

Edward George King
Photo: Knud Riis
Updated:
10 MAY 2022
Airman: a014099.htm Surname: King Init: E
G Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 149
P_link: p146.htm
Plane: STI R9327 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Obbekær E of
Ribe
Crash_d: d040443 Buried_d: b090443
C_link: c014.htm At_Next: Esbjerg,
A3. 7. 9
Den 4. april 1943 styrtede
STI R9327 ned ved Ribe
på et bombetogt til Kiel. Alle om bord blev dræbt.
Alle 7 flyvere blev begravet i Esbjerg den 9. april 1943. (Kilde: FAF)
Styrtet
var omkring
her. Se
monument ca. 250 m fra nedstyrtningsstedet.
Sergeant (Air Gunner) Edward George King, 26 år, var søn af Mr. og Mrs.
B. King, Dover, United Kingdom.
(Kilde:
CWGC)
7 flyvere.
On 4 April 1943 STI R9327
crashed near Ribe on a bombing raid on
Kiel. All on board were killed.
All 7 airmen were buried in Esbjerg on 9 April 1943.(Source: FAF)
The crash was about
here. See
monument about 250 m from the crash site.
Sergeant (Air Gunner) Edward George King, 26, was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
B. King, of Dover,
United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)
Gone from us but not forgotten. Mum, Dad, sisters and brothers
He
is remembered on
The Walls of Names at the
International Bomber Command Centre, Ph 2, Panel 194.
At each of the perished airmen at the
IBCC see details of
this Last Operation.
See
No. 149 Squadron
RAF - Wikipedia *
Stirling * p146MACR
Stirling I R9327 OJ-M
took off from
RAF Lakenheath at 20:39 on 04 APR 1943. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered
has
this.) 7 airmen.
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