Gurr, Edward James Henry (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-July-29

Flight Sergeant Edward James Henry Gurr RCAF

Birth Date: 1917

Born:

Parents: Son of David Henry and Lilian Maud Gurr, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.

Spouse:

Home: Montreal, Quebec

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

9 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Noctem Volamus Through out the night we fly

Base

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/77348

Temporary Burial
Google MapMunicipal Cemetery At Stade, Germany

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapBecklingen War Cemetery
11 E 3

9 Squadron (Per Noctem Volamus) RAF Honington, Wellington III aircraft X 3475 was coned by searchlights of the 1-3/Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 119 and 3/Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 610, and hit by heavy (schwere) Flak while on an operation to Hamburg, crashing at the Panzer barracks at Neugraben-Fischbek, near Stade, Germany

FS EJH Gurr, (RCAF) was killed. Please see Cooper, GA for complete casualty list and details

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