Berwick, Edward (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1944-July-13

Flight Sergeant Edward Berwick RAFVR

Birth Date: 1922-July-13

Born:

Parents: Son of Edward and Sarah Berwick of Walsall

Spouse:

Home: West Bromwich Road, Walsall, England

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

142 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Determination

Base

RAF Regina, Foggia, Italy

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Wireless Operator/Air Gunner

Service Numbers

1218149

Home
Google MapWest Bromwich Road, Walsall, England
Target
Google MapMilan Italy
Temporary Burial
Google MapBuried near crash site by local partisans

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Crew or Other Personnel

Wellington HE293

Flight Sergeant Edward Berwick RAFVR

Flight Sergeant Berwick, Edward (RAFVR)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-July-13
cemetery unknown

Pilot Officer Ernest Albert Wesley Dawson RCAF

Pilot Officer Dawson, Ernest Albert Wesley (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1944-July-13
Milan War Cemetery, Via Cascina Bellaria, Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy

Flight Sergeant Kenneth Arthur Fairclough RAFVR

Flight Sergeant Fairclough, Kenneth Arthur (RAFVR)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1944-July-13
cemetery unknown

Sergeant William Kirkland RAFVR

Sergeant Kirkland, William (RAFVR)
Air Gunner (Rear)
Killed in Action
1944-July-13
cemetery unknown

Flight Sergeant George Earl Smith RCAF

Flight Sergeant Smith, George Earl (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1944-July-13
Milan War Cemetery, Via Cascina Bellaria, Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy

Mission

Wellington B. Mk. X HE293

Bombing Milan Italy 1944-July-13 to 1944-July-13

142 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Regina, Foggia, Italy

142 Squadron (Determination) RAF Regina, Foggia, Italy. Wellington BX aircraft HE 293-D had been struck by flak and was struggling in poor weather conditions when it crashed in the Passo della Portula, near Bergamo, 50 miles north east of the target, the Lambrate Marshalling Yards in Milan, Italy

Pilot Officer E A W Dawson (RCAF), Flight Sergeant G E Smith (RCAF), Flight Sergeant K E Fairclough (RAFVR), Flight Sergeant E Berwick (RAFVR) and Sergeant W Kirkland (RAFVR) were all killed in action and were buried by local partisans near the crash site. They were later exhumed and now rest in the Milan War Cemetery.

Unvetted Source [Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database]...

Unvetted Source 142 Squadron Wellington losses