Tinker, Edmund Thomas (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-April-21

Flying Officer Edmund Thomas Tinker RCAF

Birth Date: 1915-January-08

Born:

Parents: Son of Arthur Leopold and Elizabeth Daisy Tinker, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; husband of Ruth Elizabeth Tinker, of Toronto.

Spouse: Husband of Ruth Elizabeth Tinker, of Toronto.

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

619 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Ad Altiora To higher things

Base

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

J/23964

Home
Google MapToronto, Ontario
Target
Google MapLa Chapelle
Final Burial
Google MapChurchyard
Row B Coll grave 29-30
619 Squadron. Lancaster aircraft W 4127 was shot down at Poix-de-la-Somme during a night operation against La Chappell, France. Sergeants J. Atkinson, J.W. Randall, R. Thompson, Pilot Officer P.H. French, and Flying Officer J.S. Thomson (RNZAF) were also killed. One Canadian, Sergeant Hortie, was either an Evader or was taken Prisoner of War. Addendum: Atkinson, Randall, Thompson, and French were RAF and Sgt. Hortie (RAF) was an Evader.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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