Pilot Officer Aeberhardt was a Battle of Britain casualty......
"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." (Winston Churchill, 20 Aug 1940)
BIRTH-1920 Dec Quarter birth registration-
Name: AEBERHARDT, Raymond A C---Mother's Maiden Name: Saegaert
District: Hampstead (Vol & Page: 1a & 1001)
DEATH-1940 Sept Quarter death registration-
Name: AEBERHARDT, Raymond A C---Age: 19
District: Cambridge (Vol & Page: 3b & 1137)
*19 RAF Squadron's Supermarine Spitfire (#R6912) aircraft, which had received combat damage to the flaps, overturned and burned upon landing at RAF Fowlmere, taking the life of Pilot Officer Aeberhardt.
Military Service-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service Number 42781
Service: Royal Air Force
Division: 19 RAF Squadron; RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire
MOTTO-Possunt quia posse videntur ['They can because they think they can'])
*--On Monday 1st September 1941 his family marked the first anniversary of his death with a notice in The Daily Telegraph which read, "Aeberhardt - In ever-loving memory of Ray, only son and brother, Pilot Officer RAC Aeberhardt, killed in action Aug 31 1940. Your courage and gallantry cost you your life, but you are always with us, and we will remember you with pride as we last saw you."
*--On 31st August 1945 the family placed another notice in the same paper, "Aeberhardt, Pilot Officer Raymond, Fighter Squadron 19. - Always in our memory as one of the few who gave their lives during the Battle of Britain that ultimate victory might be achieved."
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Pilot Officer Aeberhardt was a Battle of Britain casualty......
"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." (Winston Churchill, 20 Aug 1940)
BIRTH-1920 Dec Quarter birth registration-
Name: AEBERHARDT, Raymond A C---Mother's Maiden Name: Saegaert
District: Hampstead (Vol & Page: 1a & 1001)
DEATH-1940 Sept Quarter death registration-
Name: AEBERHARDT, Raymond A C---Age: 19
District: Cambridge (Vol & Page: 3b & 1137)
*19 RAF Squadron's Supermarine Spitfire (#R6912) aircraft, which had received combat damage to the flaps, overturned and burned upon landing at RAF Fowlmere, taking the life of Pilot Officer Aeberhardt.
Military Service-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service Number 42781
Service: Royal Air Force
Division: 19 RAF Squadron; RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire
MOTTO-Possunt quia posse videntur ['They can because they think they can'])
*--On Monday 1st September 1941 his family marked the first anniversary of his death with a notice in The Daily Telegraph which read, "Aeberhardt - In ever-loving memory of Ray, only son and brother, Pilot Officer RAC Aeberhardt, killed in action Aug 31 1940. Your courage and gallantry cost you your life, but you are always with us, and we will remember you with pride as we last saw you."
*--On 31st August 1945 the family placed another notice in the same paper, "Aeberhardt, Pilot Officer Raymond, Fighter Squadron 19. - Always in our memory as one of the few who gave their lives during the Battle of Britain that ultimate victory might be achieved."
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Inscription
(Epitaph...)
IN HONOURED MEMORY
PILOT OFFICER
RAYMOND ANDRÉ
CHARLES
AEBERHARDT
KILLED IN ACTION
31ST AUGUST 1940,
AGED 19 YEARS.
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