Page 5 - Edward Wise

The crew were:

Flying Officer ‘Herby’ Herbert - Pilot
Sergeant Heller - Flight Engineer
Sergeant Thornwell - Air bombardier
Pilot Officer Scott - Navigator
Sergeant Stephens - Wireless Operator
Sergeant Eddie Wise - Mid upper Gunner
Warrant Officer Turley - Rear Gunner

Starting their first operation on the 9 of November 1944 to Wanne Eikel in
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the Ruhr, the target that night was the synthetic oil refinery in the town.
The crew’s last Operation was on the 30 April 1945 to Delft airfield in the
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Netherlands dropping food parcels as part of Operation ʻMannaʼ.
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June 13 1945 saw Eddie posted to the Air Crew Reception Centre at
RAF Scorton near Catterick in North Yorkshire. But demob was not to be and
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Eddie by August 2 was on the move again this time to No.8 School of
Technical training at Weeton near Blackpool.
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October 11 1945 saw Eddie posted to No.5 Personnel Despatch Centre at
Lytham-St Anne’s some 5 miles South of Blackpool.
Moving to No. 9 Personnel Dispatch Centre RAF North Weald and from there
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Eddie was posted overseas to RAF Manipur On the 17 of November 1945.
This airfield is now in present day Pakistan.
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Release from the RAF came on January 26 1946 Eddie returned
to England and his family.
In early 1947 Eddie moved to Canada with the help of his Canadian aircrew,
Doug Thornwell and Johnny Stephens. The rest of the family following in
September 1947 on the Liner Aquitania.
The family moved to the United States in 1960.
Eddie passed away in 1969 aged 55 years and is buried in the Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.