Toole, Edwin Archibald (Flight Sergeant)

148 Squadron (Trusty). Liberator VII aircraft AL 509 flew into the top of a hill in Yugoslavia on special operation FUNGUS 35 four miles north of Injsii Dhmost, Yugoslavia. Flight Sergeant E.A. Toole, Warrant Officer Class 1 J.H.S. Clarke, Warrant Officer Class 1 R.E. Hawken, Flight Lieutenant E.B. Elliott (RCAF) (US), Flight Lieutenant H.I. Crawford (RNZAF), Flight Sergeant W.J. Dowle (RAF) and Flight Lieutenant M. Passmore (RAF) were killed (A. Tebbutt). Warrant Officer Hawken had survived an accident in a 23 OTU Wellington July 13, 1942. Flight Lieutenant Elliott had been involved in a supply and rescue flight to occupied Yugoslavia Oct. 21-24 Addendum: - FS Toole was 24 years old at the time of death. Detail provided by D.A. Stallard, Trenton, Nova Scotia.