{"id":1172,"date":"2021-08-31T13:36:18","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T13:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tashuk.wordpress.com\/2007\/12\/07\/sgt-roy-edward-lodge\/"},"modified":"2021-08-31T13:36:18","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T13:36:18","slug":"sgt-roy-edward-lodge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/archives\/1172","title":{"rendered":"Sgt Roy Edward Lodge, RAF Bomber Command"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My uncle Sgt Roy Edward Lodge.\u00a0 [Service Number: 1615775]. Died 2nd May 1944.<\/p>\n

He was the Flight Engineer on a Short Stirling Mk3 aircraft EF.184 HA-L<\/a>. On returning from a bombing mission on the railway depot at Chambly in France<\/a>, he was shot up and killed by cannon fire from German Junkers JU88 nightfighters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The aircraft later crashlanded at RAF Woodbridge<\/a>, Suffolk. He is buried in Dunstable, Bedfordshire.<\/p>\n

218 (Gold Coast) Squadron Association<\/a><\/p>\n

218 (Gold Coast) Squadron [Combat reports #96]<\/a><\/p>\n

218 Squadron Operations<\/a><\/p>\n

Short Stirling<\/a><\/p>\n

I have made a Flickr picture set at: http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tash\/sets\/72157603398593776<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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