Date of birth:

February 11th, 1921 (Ashton Under Lyne/Lancashire, great Britain)

Date of death:

March 31st, 1944 (The Scheldt, near Hansweert, the Netherlands)

Nationality:

British

Service number: 1082214, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Edwin Bates was as Flight Sergeant part of No. 138 Squadron Handley Page Halifax LL287 that was shot down during SOE Op.Osric 27 over Belgium by Flak and crashed in the Scheldt river near Hansweert, the Netherlands.

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