205717 F/Sgt. Edward Ossington Royal Canadian Air Force Rear Gunner 428 Sqd. from:Granby, Quebec, Canada Edward was my brother who is dead now. He was in the Army from 1941 to 1943. He got hurt returned home and then joined the C.A.F. as a tail gunner. Was shot down in 1944 spent some time with a French farmer then to a prison camp until the end of War. I was only eight at that time but remember that for five months we did not know what had happened. Only two of the crew lived.If you have any information I would be pleased to have it.
Editor's note: Edward flew with 428 Squadron from RAF Middleton St George,
The crew took off in Lancaster KB770 NA-D, at 16.38 on the 28th of January 1945 on a mission to Stuttgart.
The pilot S/L Kay was on his first sortie as a Flight Commander. The aircraft is believed to be lost on a raid concentrated around the Hirth aero-engine plant in Zuffenhausen. Shot down by an Enemy Night fighter
The crew were:
- S/L H.L.Kay RCAF
- Sgt R.W.Gullick RAF
- F/O R.L.Stapleford RCAF
- F/O G.J.Liney RCAF
- F/O J.W.Blades RCAF
- F/S F.L.Jolicoeur RCAF
- F/S E.F.Ossington RCAF
F/S E.F.Ossington and F/O R.L.Stapleford (who was sucked out of an aircraft window) were confined in Hospital due injuries until Liberation
Thier crewmates all perished and are buried in Durnbach War Cemetery.
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