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Coyne, Edward Kenneth DFC (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1945-April-05

Birth Date: 1923-December-28 (age 21)

Born: Toronto, Ontario

William & Gertrude Coyne

Home: Toronto, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1942-12-16

Decorations: DFC


Distinguished Service Cross
Service
RCAF
Unit
7 (PFF) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Diem Per Noctem By day and by night
Base
RAF Weston-on-the-Green
Rank
Pilot Officer
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Air Gunner
Service Numbers
J/94267
Prev: R/212916

Took off from Weston-on-the-Green to practice Beam approach instrument training exercise, lost control and dove inverted, into the ground one mile south-east of Brampton, Lincolnshire, England.

Addendum: - Distinguished Flying Cross - No.7 Squadron (deceased) - Award effective 3 April 1945 as per London Gazette dated 1 March 1946 and AFRO 418/46 dated 18 April 1946. Award presented to next-of-kin, 1 December 1948. The citation reads - "This warrant officer has completed, as air gunner, numerous operations against the enemy in the course of which he has invariably displayed the utmost fortitude, courage and devotion to duty." Detail provided by H. Halliday, Orleans, Ontario.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Pilot Officer Edward Kenneth Coyne was exhumed and reburied.

Home
Google MapToronto, Ontario (parents)
Target
Google MapHamburg Germany
First Burial
Google MapHamburg Germany
Re-Burial
Google MapBecklingen War Cemetery
grave 11 C 8

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The Avro Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to the same specification, as well as the Short Stirling, all three aircraft being four-engined heavy bombers adopted by the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the same wartime era.

The Lancaster has its origins in the twin-engine Avro Manchester which had been developed during the late 1930s in response to the Air Ministry Specification P.13/36 for a capable medium bomber for "world-wide use". Originally developed as an evolution of the Manchester (which had proved troublesome in service and was retired in 1942), the Lancaster was designed by Roy Chadwick and powered by four Rolls-Royce Merlins and in one version, Bristol Hercules engines. It first saw service with RAF Bomber Command in 1942 and as the strategic bombing offensive over Europe gathered momentum, it was the main aircraft for the night-time bombing campaigns that followed. As increasing numbers of the type were produced, it became the principal heavy bomber used by the RAF, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and squadrons from other Commonwealth and European countries serving within the RAF, overshadowing the Halifax and Stirling. Wikipedia

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