February 3, 2010 at 11:03 am
My fourth cousin was Major Edwin Essery Swales S.A.A.F, VC DFC, of 582 Squadron at Little Staughton, who died on the night of 23rd February 1945, being a long time amateur genealogist, I have for some years been trying to find out as much as I can about him, my question is does anyone know if any of the crew (all survived the crash apart from Major Swales) still survive, the crew were :-
Flight Sergeants G W Bennington DFM, C Dodson DSO DFC, & B Leach; Squadron Leader D P D Archer DSO DFC; and Pilot Officers R A Wheaton RAAF, A V Goodacre RAAF and N Bourne RCAF
Many thanks
John