GOODWIN Edmund Browne

  • First Name(s):
    Edmund 
    Browne 
  • Surname:
    GOODWIN
  • Service Number:
    954732
  • Rank:

    Sergeant/Wireless Operator/Air Gunner

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Air Force
  • Air Force:
    Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
  • Air Force Unit:
    97 Squadron
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    2nd June 1942
  • Age At Death:
    26
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany, Collective grave 18. B. 13-14.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of William and Florence Anne Goodwin; husband of Winifred Mary Goodwin, of Tirley, Gloucestershire

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Worcester Royal Grammar School

Further Information About GOODWIN Edmund Browne

Edmund Goodwin was the only son of William and Florence Goodwin of 226 Wylds Lane, Worcester. He attended Worcester Royal Grammar school from 1925 to 1932. After leaving school he attended Birmingham University and then served an apprenticeship He married Winifred M. Goodall in 1938 and they had a daughter, Joyce H. Goodwin, who was born in early 1941.

In June 1940, Edmund enlisted in the RAF. On 2nd June 1942 he was the wireless operator on a Lancaster which took off from Woodhall Spa on a mission to bomb Essen. His aircraft was shot down near Dusseldorf with the loss of the entire crew, one of 31 aircraft that failed to return from the raid.

Source for additional information: In Dedication to a Future World By Mark Rogers, 1999.

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