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Archive Report: Allied Forces

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Fighter Command Crest
25.02.1943 No. 58 OTU Spitfire R6968 Sgt. Edmund B. Farren

Operation: Training

Date: 25th February 1943 (Thursday)

Unit: No. 58 Operational Training Unit

Type: Spitfire Ia

Serial: R6968 (1)

Code: Not known

Base: RAF Grangemouth, Scotland

Location: Boagstown Farm near Avonbridge, Stirlingshire

Pilot: Sgt. Edmund Blake Farren R/138527 RCAF Age 24. Killed

REASON FOR LOSS:

On emerging from a small cloud (possibly a snow cloud) his aircraft was seen to in some form of difficulties and crashed in what looked like an attempted forced landing.

58 Operational Training Unit. Course 32-A, RAF Grangemouth Scotland.

Rear row: Sgt. Farren, Fl/Sgt. Pigot, Fl/Sgt. Palliser, Sgt. Meyer, Sgt. Shenberger. Middle row: Sgt. Kawnik, Sgt. Dale, Capt. Millet, Sgt. O'Neill, Sgt. Felton Front row: P/O. Jongbloed, P/O. Krajewski, P/O. Soors, F/O. Knapik, P/O.Waterman

(1) Spitfire Ia R6968 built at Eastleigh, first flew on the 16th July 1940, powered by the Merlin III engine. With 152 Squadron previously as well as No. 8 OTU.

Burial details:

Sgt. Edmund Blake Farren. Grandsable Cemetery (Grangemouth) Sec. 1. Grave 31. Son of Will J. Farren and Bertha M. Farren, of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Epitaph reads: “In Loving Memory. Son of Will And Bertha M. Farren. Saint John. N.B.”

Researched and dedicated to the relatives of this pilot with thanks to sources as quoted below:

KTY - 07.03.2017

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Acknowledgements
Sources used by us in compiling Archive Reports include: Bill Chorley - 'Bomber Command Losses Vols. 1-9, plus ongoing revisions', Dr. Theo E.W. Boiten and Mr. Roderick J. Mackenzie - 'Nightfighter War Diaries Vols. 1 and 2', Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt - 'Bomber Command War Diaries', Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Tom Kracker - Kracker Luftwaffe Archives, Michel Beckers, Major Fred Paradie (RCAF) and MWO François Dutil (RCAF) - Paradie Archive (on this site), Jean Schadskaje, Major Jack O'Connor USAF (Retd.), Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak, Waldemar Wójcik and Józef Zieliński - 'Ku Czci Połeglyçh Lotnikow 1939-1945', Archiwum - Polish Air Force Archive (on this site), Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Franek Grabowski, Norman L.R. Franks 'Fighter Command Losses', Stan D. Bishop, John A. Hey MBE, Gerrie Franken and Maco Cillessen - Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces, Vols 1-6, Dr. Theo E.W. Boiton - Nachtjagd Combat Archives, Vols 1-13. Aircrew Remembered Databases and our own archives. We are grateful for the support and encouragement of CWGC, UK Imperial War Museum, Australian War Memorial, Australian National Archives, New Zealand National Archives, UK National Archives and Fold3 and countless dedicated friends and researchers across the world.
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