Photo: David Sloan
E. Saxon
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner
Royal Air Force
18th July 1943 Age 23
His last flight
Sgt. Saxon was part of a crew of 1661 HCU Sqdn. Lancaster I W4947 GP-Z which was on a training night navigation sortie. It is thought that the aircraft dived into the Irish Sea off the Cumberland coast.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses; Volume 8; Heavy Conversion Units; Chorley; Midland Publishing; ISBN 1 85780 156 3
He is named on the Scout Roll of Honour 1939-45 as being associated with the 1st Herrington Group.
Edward Saxon is remembered at Herrington on H137.06 /a> and at Houghton le Spring on H123.03
