In memory of

Pilot Officer

Edmund Alfred John Davies

who died on 17 Dec 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force
  Rank Pilot Officer
  Service number J95220
  Date of death 19441217
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  J95220 Pilot Officer (No. 101 Squadron RAF air gunner) Edmund Alfred John (Freddie) Davies (b.1925) of Saskatoon was KIA 19441217 in a crash at Albeck and is buried at Durnbach war cemetery near Bad Tolz, Germany. Davies' Lancaster was involved in a night raid on Ulm. He was the son of Edmund Alfred, a teacher, and Elsie (Thomas) Davies who came from Bargoed, Caerphilly, Wales, prior to 1930. Freddie attended Westmount school and Saskatoon Tech and was a student when he enlisted at Saskatoon in 1943.

RE Hine and GE Deatherage died on the same flight.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 344 - Corman Park
  Cemetery or memorial location Durnbach war cemetery, Bad Tolz, Bayern, Germany    

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  Honour roll location(s) ------
  Geo-memorial Davies Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 54.6°N / 106.7167°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 73J10
  Geo-memorial details East of Smoothstone Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19250927
  Place of birth Bargoed, Caerphilly, Wales    
  Date of enlistment 19430401
  Place of enlistment Saskatoon    
  Residence on enlistment Saskatoon    
  Occupation student
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