Edward A. J. King Updated: 21 MAR 2022 Airman: e777073.htm Surname: King Init: EAJ Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 15 P_link: p109.htm Plane: STI R9351 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: Storebælt off Nyborg Crash_d: d190942 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN
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Sergeant Edward Arthur John King, 19 år, var søn af Charles og Ada King, Norbury, Surrey,
United Kingdom;
gift med Dorothy King. About STI R9351 on the information table at the propeller placed here: "The plane took off in the early morning of 19th September 1942 from England and was on a mining mission southwest of Sprogø when it was shot down from 600 feet by German anti-aircraft guns at 06.30. The plane carried 8 - 10 mines and an unknown number of L-bombs. 5 crew members perished. The co-pilot, John Miller Steel, survived. The crew consisted of two pilots, three gunners and one bomber."
Sergeant Edward Arthur John King, 19, was son of Charles and Ada King, of Norbury, Surrey,
United Kingdom;
husband of Dorothy King. See No. 15 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia * p109MACR has more. Stirling I R9351 LS-R took off from RAF Bourn at 20:05 on 18 SEP 1942, crashed 00:39 19 SEP. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this + Archive Report.) 7 airmen. |