Fedi, Eric (Flight Sergeant)

77 Squadron (Esse Potius Quam Videri). Flight Sergeant Fedi was engaged in his 21st operation when his Halifax aircraft DT 793 failed to return from an attack against Munich, Germany. Six of the crew, not Canadians, missing believed killed. Fedi falsified his age and was 16 years old when he enlisted, he was probably closer to 17 at the time of his death. Eric's sister, Mrs. Zornick of Winnipeg, Manitoba explained how he got into the RCAF at 16, "A friend helped to falsify his birth certificate and his mother went along with it if he didn't go overseas. Eric graduated and went overseas without saying goodbye. A brother, in the P.P.C.L.I. in England, threatened to expose his age but Eric said he would never speak to his brother nor his mother if that happened. Relatives in Glasgow, Scotland said he was very happy serving his country so nothing was said," Addendum: - The six non-Canadian members of the crew were all R.A.F., their names are; P/Os R.W.F. Munns, W.W. Smith, Sgt.s W.C. Smirk, C.W. Tomlinson, R.R. Wilson, and D.V. Webb. Detail from "Some Of The Many" by Roy Walker, Kent, England.