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| Name | ENDEAN |
| First names | Douglas Edgar |
| Rank | Sgt |
| Service | RAF |
| Service number | 1415222 |
| Crew position | Flight Engineer |
| Age | 23 |
| Date of death | 27/04/44 |
| Cemetery | Durnbach War Cemetery Germany |
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| 26/27 April, 1944; SCHWEINFURT:
Mosquitoes of 627 Squadron, Woodhall Spa, used 5 Group's low-level
marking technique for the first time. The attempt was not accurate
and much of the bombing fell outside Schweinfurt. The squadron was to suffer the heavy loss of three crews this night: F/Lt Bob Armstrong DFC and crew were all killed and are buried alongside each other in the Durnbach War Cemetery in Germany. Lancaster ND687 (EA-) F/L R.G. Armstrong DFC Pilot (Killed) Sgt D.E. Endean F/E (Killed) F/S R.G. Osborne NAV (Killed) Sgt S.F. Foster W/OP (Killed) Sgt D.J. Cooper A/G (Killed) W/O L.T. Kennedy RCAF B/A (Killed) P/O T.H. Morris RCAF A/G (Killed) Crew on their 5th operation |
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