Here are a couple pictures of my great uncle who flew Lancasters for RAF Bomber Command "Pathfinder" 635 SQN.
Name: DEVESON, EDWARD OLIVER
Initials: E O
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Pilot Officer
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Age: 28
Date of Death: 25/03/1944
Service No: 415625
Aircraft: Avro Lancaster III, RAF 635 SQN #ND704, shot down by german night-fighter at HOLLANDSCHEVELD, Netherlands.
Additional information: Son of Alfred James Deveson and Emily Gertrude Victoria Deveson; husband of Eileen Jean Deveson, of East Fremantle, Western Australia.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot A. Row 6. Grave 5.
Cemetery: HOOGEVEEN
(HOLLANDSCHEVELD) GENERAL CEMETERY
One more mission
The doomed flight to Berlin was a sortie beyond the call of duty for Edward Deveson. He had completed his required number of bombing missions and could have returned home to Australia. Instead, he volunteered to go along for one last mission before he would say farewell to his crew mates. Like so many flight crews** during the war, he and the crew never made it back.
Cheers,
Dave