Vaughan, Edward Gerrard
- Date of birth:
- September 5th, 1923 (Swansea/Wales, United Kingdom)
- Service number:
- Can/J. 86685
- Nationality:
- Canadian
Biography
Born in Swansea but raised in Cumberland, B.C., Vaughan did his pilot training in Alberta, Scotland, and England.
During the war, he was stationed in north Yorkshire with the RCAF’s Goose Squadron whose main task was to weaken German defences in preparation for the Allied invasion of southern France in August 1944.
After the war Vaughan attended the University of British Columbia and became a professional forester for the rest of his career.
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Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Pilot Officer
- Unit:
- No. 408 (Goose) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
- Awarded on:
- November 17th, 1944
"Pilot Officer Vaughan has completed a tour of operations on four-engine bombers in an exemplary manner. His sorties took him to many heavily defended targets, such as Nuremburg, Essen and Karlsruhe, deep in Germany. On every occasion Pilot Officer Vaughan displayed fine offensive spirit and pressed home all his attacks with great determination. He brought back many splendid pictures of the aiming points attacked, and has proved to all that he is an operational pilot of outstanding ability.
The sortie list was as follows:
26 March 1944 - Essen (4.35, co-pilot)
30 March 1944 - Nuremburg (7.45)
18 April 1944 - Noisy-le-Sec (5.45)
22 April 1944 - Dusseldorf (5.45)
24 April 1944 - Karlsruhe (6.20)
26 April 1944 - Essen (4.35)
8 May 1944 - Haine St. Pierre (4.45)
10 May 1944 - Ghent (3.35)
11 May 1944 - Boulogne (3.25)
24 May 1944 - Aachen (4.15)
5 June 1944 - Longues (4.25)
6 June 1944 - Coutances (4.40)
8 June 1944 - Mayenne (6.25)
12 June 1944 - Cambrai (4.45)
14 June 1944 - St. Pol (3.20)
15 June 1944 - Boulogne (3.50)
21 June 1944 - St. Martin l’Hortier (4.10)
24 June 1944 - Bamieres (4.00)
27 June 1944 - Foret d’Eawy (3.50)
6 July 1944 - St.Paul Siracourt (4.05)
6 July 1944 - Conquereaux (4.10)
7 July 1944 - Caen (4.15)
12 July 1944 - Creil (4.30)
15 July 1944 - Bois de Jardins (3.40)
18 July 1944 - Weseling (5.00)
20 July 1944 - L’Hey (3.20)
23 July 1944 - Kiel (5.20)
5 August 1944 - St. Leu d’Esserent (4.40)
7 August 1944 - Caen (3.20)
8 August 1944 - Foret de Chantilly (4.10)
9 August 1944 - Foret de Nieppe (3.45)
10 August 1944 - La Pallice (6.10)
12 August 1944 - Falaise (4.33)
14 August 1944 - Bons Tassilly (4.29)"
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (1939-1947)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
l' Ordre National de la Legion d’Honneur
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Invested by France’s Consul General for western Canada Phillipe Sutter at Veterans Memorial Lodge at Broadmead on Sept. 29, 2019
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