Flight of Gladiator II N5699 and Flying Officer H T Grant-Ede on 1940-06-08

On 1940-06-08, Pilot H T Grant-Ede (Flying Officer, RAF) with an unknown servicenumber, flew a Gladiator II with serial N5699 for this duty: unknown operation. His mission was not completed. Circumstances of the aircraft loss: Lost when HMS Glorious sunk. This aircraft was a part of squadron no. 263. The location for the map is the English Channel. Circumstances at the end of this mission for Grant-Ede: he was killed. There is no commemoration location known.
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