Ottawa, Ontario
Detail provided by Joel Huard, Serquigny, France.
Grange, Edward Alexander Mcdougall (Pilot Officer)
Killed in Action 1943-August-15
Birth Date: 1917
Born:
Parents: Son of Edward Wilkinson Grange and of Marion Osborne Grange (nee McDougall), of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. B.A. (University of Toronto).
Spouse:
Home: Ottawa, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
467 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAAF)
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Base
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Navigator
Service Numbers
J/18431
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Lancaster Mk.III JA675
Bombing Milan Italy 1943-August-15 to 1943-August-15
467 (B) Sqn (RAAF) RAF Bottesford, Lincolnshire, England
467 Australia Squadron. Target - Milan, Italy. Lancaster aircraft JA 675 was shot down by a night fighter. Killed were RCAF Pilot Officer E.A.M. Grange; RAAF Flt. Lt. J.M. Sullivan; and RAF Sgt's. J.A.E. Newland, A.P. Power, and L. Spurr. Taken Prisoners of War were RAF Fg/O T.H.F. Entract and Sgt. K. Harvey.Lancaster JA675 Mk.III - Bombing Milan Italy - 1943-08-15 to 1943-08-15
Squadron: 467 (B) Sqn (RAAF)
Start Date: 1943-08-15
Completion Date: 1943-08-15
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Milan Italy
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Bottesford, Lincolnshire, England
Take Off Time: 23:38
Squadron Code: PO F
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Eure-et-Loir, France
Crash Specifics: southeast of Brezolles
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim: Shot down by an Fw 190A of the 2./JG 2, flown by either Feldwebel German Elflein (claiming a Lancaster at 23:20) or by Unteroffizier Herbert Penz (claiming a Lancaster at 23:26)
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
467 Australia Squadron. Target - Milan, Italy. Lancaster aircraft JA 675 was shot down by a night fighter. Killed were RCAF Pilot Officer E.A.M. Grange; RAAF Flt. Lt. J.M. Sullivan; and RAF Sgt's. J.A.E. Newland, A.P. Power, and L. Spurr. Taken Prisoners of War were RAF Fg/O T.H.F. Entract and Sgt. K. Harvey.
6 Group Unavailable
467 Australia Squadron. Target - Milan, Italy. Lancaster aircraft JA 675 was shot down by a night fighter. Killed were RCAF Pilot Officer E.A.M. Grange; RAAF Flt. Lt. J.M. Sullivan; and RAF Sgt's. J.A.E. Newland, A.P. Power, and L. Spurr. Taken Prisoners of War were RAF Fg/O T.H.F. Entract and Sgt. K. Harvey.
