Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Biography -
- E L Weeks -

Name

Edward Lewis Weeks, Son of Lewis and Netta Weeks, of Shanklin, Isle of Wight.
 
Service details

Leading Aircraftman 550893 E L Weeks (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner), Royal Air Force

CWGC record ...

His name is recorded on the Shanklin War Memorial

Date of Death :	Died 24th April 1940 aged 20
Where buried or commemorated :	Runnymede Memorial
Aircraft :	Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV L8750 of 107 Sqn
Crew
Pilot :	P/O J D Murphy	CWGC record ...
Observer :	Sgt G C Durie	CWGC record ...
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner :	LAC E L Weeks	CWGC record ...

The aircraft left RAF Lossiemouth at 01.20 on Ops to Stavanger. All the crew were killed when the aircraft was lost without trace.

Edward Weeks had lived at 3 Brook Road, Shanklin, Isle of Wight.

Information provided by : John Bloodworth