* Edward Baxter

Edaward Baxter was lost in a G-H Raid on the railway marshalling yards at Mönchengladbach. 160 3 Group Lancasters took part, 14 from 622 Squadron. According to their ORB 'All took off: 12 completed their duty. 1 mission abandoned owing to u/s starboard outer. 13 aircraft landed safely at BASE.'

Edward Baxter was the mid upper gunner (MUG) aboard Lancaster I HK617 which took off from Mildenhall at 13.30. 'The port inner engine,'records the ORB, 'lost power and finally caught fire. Oil leak ignited the main plane. Turned back and (Australian captain GA Conacher) ordered the crew to bale out at 16.50 from 14,000 feet.

All crew parachuted to safety landing in the vicinity of Biache except MUG (Edward Baxter) whose parachute was seen on fire. MUG's body was found near crashed aircraft between Tilloy and Le Preuxmonchy.' (622 Sqdn ORB, TNA Air 27/2139/4, Record of Events, February 1945)

A Gee-H raid (often written as G-H) was a blind-bombing attack conducted by the Royal Air Force (RAF) Bomber Command during World War II, utilizing a specialized radio navigation system. It allowed bombers to precisely strike targets, such as industrial works and marshalling yards, even at night or through dense cloud cover.