Flying Officer
Edwin Essenburg was serving as Bomb Aimer on board Halifax MKBIII
NP942 coded ZL-T for an operation to bomb the the Rhenani
Ossag synthetic oil refinery at Monheim on February 20/20, 1945. The aircraft
departed Leeming at 2147hrs but failed to return, F/O Essenburg
and P/O Wallace were killed.
The other
crewmembers were:
| Name |
Service |
Trade |
Hometown |
Age |
| F/L
J. Murphy - POW |
RCAF |
Pilot |
- |
- |
| Sgt
G. Tate - POW |
RAFVR |
Flight
Engineer |
- |
- |
| F/O
G. Mann - POW |
RCAF |
Navigator |
- |
- |
| F/O
Edwin Essenburg |
RCAF |
Bomb
Aimer |
Winnipeg,
Manitoba |
23 |
| W/O2
E . Perdue |
RCAF |
W/Op/AG |
- |
- |
| F/O
A. Breault |
RCAF |
Air
Gunner |
- |
- |
| P/O
John Wallace |
RCAF |
Air
Gunner |
- |
27 |
F/O Edwin Essenburg
is buried in Rhienberg War Cemetery in Germany. |
