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Swingler, Edward Sextus

Grave number 61
Rank Sgt. Pilot Nr. 1180160 R.A.F. (V.R.)
Squadron 142 Squadron
Date of birth / age 25 years
Reported missing January 20, 1942
Aircraft type Wellington IV, Z-1207
Washed ashore July 19, 1942 between km. 15 en 16
Buried July 21, 1942, 5 p.m.
Father William Herbert Swingler
Mother Lilian Alice Swingler
Partner  
Place of residence Newbury, Berkshire, England
   
Details

The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Ludwig Becker of the 6./NJG 2, who was flying Do 215 B-5 R4+AP from Leeuwarden airfield

The other crew members in this aircraft:
Pilot Officer Kenneth Archibald Parslow, begraven in Nes, Ameland
Pilot Officer John Grant Scott, Runnymede Memorial Panel 101
Flight Sergeant Albert Williams Kerrisk, Runnymede Memorial Panel 117
Flight Sergeant Michael Thomas O'Brien, Runnymede Memorial Panel 75
Flight Sergeant Gwladgwyn John Sharp, Runnymede Memorial Panel 76



May 4, 2007