LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Edwin George ENRIGHT
Service No: 402960
Born: Bairnsdale VIC, 20 February 1912
Enlisted in the RAAF: 11 November 1940 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 72 Squadron (RAF) RAF Station Gravesend, Kent
Died: Air Operations: (No. 72 Squadron Spitfire aircraft AA864) English Channel Area, 8 December 1941, Aged 29 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Edwin Patrick and Eileen Mary Enright, of Bruthen, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Bruthen VIC
Remembered: Panel 62, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey UK
Remembered: Panel 121, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Delegate War Memorial, Delegate NSW
At 1055 hours on 8 December 1941 Spitfire AA864 took off from Gravesend as part of Biggin Hill Wing. During a sweep over France Sergeant Enright was flying Yellow 2. About 10 miles over the French coast various enemy aircraft were sighted and Sergeant Enright followed Yellow 1 down to attack 4 ME109s. As the attack was broken off Yellow 1 was attacked by more ME109Es as was also presumably Sergeant Enright in Yellow 2. After the attack Yellow 1 saw nothing more of Sergeant Enright nor could radio communication be established with him. Following post war enquiries and investigations, it was recorded in 1949 that Sergeant Enright had no known grave.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/107/80
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line