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Flt Sgt Eric Fedi
Royal Canadian Air Force
from:Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
(d.7th Sep 1943)
My Uncle Eric Fedi was a Canadian who flew with the RAF out of Elvington. He was a tail gunner with the rank of Flight Sgt. He flew with Pilot Munns on this plane/mission: Halifax 2 DT793 KNE lost 07-Sep-43 on Ops to Munich, Pilot, Munns. My Uncle Eric was 17 years old when he went missing.
Crew:
W.F. Munns pilot/captain
W.C. Smirk flight engineer
W.W. Smith navigator
C.W. Tomlinson air bomber
R.R. Wilson air gunner
E. Fedi air gunner
D.V. Webb air gunner
DT 793 lost Sept. 7 1943
Originally from my home town of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Eric forged my Grandmothers signature so that he could enlist at the age of 16. My other Uncle Ken, Eric's brother, ordered Eric to "Get the hell home", after bumping in to him in the centre of London.
Eric's name is on the Runnymede memorial.
I value very much what my Uncle and the thousands of others sacrificed, so that I could live in the UK 60 years on.