Personnel Index - Detail

Name
SAWDY
First Names
Edward George
Rank
Sgt
Service
RAF
Service Number
1375274
Crew Position
Pilot
Age
26
Date of Death
28/12/1941
Cemetery

 

Photographed by Malcolm Brooke
Part of the panel at Runnymede
 

The Runnymede image was created by artist Paul Reid using photographs taken by Jo Cockburn and Malcolm Brooke
 

28/29 December, 1941; HÜLS:

At 09.30hrs on the morning of Sunday 28th, Group orders rattled in requesting 20 of the squadron's Hampdens for an attack on the synthetic rubber plant at Hüls. Take-off began at 17.30hrs with all aircraft becoming airborne without any problems. The attack was carried out by 81 Hampdens of 5 Group and the bombing results were reported as good. Group lost 4 Hampden crews from the raid; 2 from 144 Sqdn, 1 from 408 Sqdn, and the fourth was AE419 flown by Sgt Archie Watt and crew. The bodies of this crew have never been recovered and it is believed that the aircraft came down in the sea. Sgt Watt and his crew are remembered on the Runnymede Memorial.
 

Hampden AE419 (EA-T)
Sgt A.C. Watt Pilot (Missing)
Sgt E.G. Sawdy Nav/Pilot (Missing)
F/S E.C. Atkinson W/AG (Missing)
Sgt H.W. Wisdom W/OP (Missing)