Raymond Benjamin Ede

Pilot Officer [Air Bomber]

DFC

Awards

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Eldrick McRae Ede and Alice Evelyne Ede, of Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

CONTRIBUTED

Biographical Notes:

On the night of the 25th/26th August 1944, 412 Lancaster bombers set off from the UK to raid the Opel Motors factory in Russelsheim, Germany. 17 aircraft were lost.

Raymond Ede was the air bomber aboard a Lancaster III , serial ND852/D of the 7 Sqdn. ( Path Finder Force) based at Oakington, Cambridgeshire.

The aircraft was brought down, crashing near Budenbach. The 7 crew all baled out and were taken prisoner, except for Ede, who was found to be dead.

He was originally buried at Pliezenhausen, but later moved to the CWGC cemetery at Rheinberg.

8 New Zealanders were lost on that raid.

Public Contributions:

Submitted by: Maria Hurrell

Relationship to casualty: Cousin of my husband

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Casualty

Service Number:

425973

Name:

Raymond Benjamin Ede

Rank:

Pilot Officer

Additional Rank:

Air Bomber

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force, 7 (RAF) Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed on Air Operations

Date of Death:

26 August 1944

Day of Death:

Saturday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Rheinberg War Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

18. D. 23.

Cemetery Location:

Germany