WW2 1941 Royal Air Force Bomber Command Casualty Trio to a Sergeant in 78 Squadron, 1939-45 Star medal, Air Crew Europe Star medal, War medal 1939-45, all 3 unnamed as issued, with named Air Council condolence medal issue slip, ‘SERGEANT W.D. EDGE’, also accompanied by ticker tape slips confirming name and number ‘1152264 SGT EDGE’ and the issue of the 3 medals. 19 year old Walter Donald Edge from Shrewsbury, Shropshire was killed on 25th August 1941 whilst flying in a 78 Squadron Whitley V bomber on a raid to Dusseldorf. 44 aircraft took part in the raid, of which 3 failed to return. Sergeant Edge’s aircraft took off at 20.09 on 24th August and nothing more was heard from it, it was later reported as having been shot down by a night fighter 3 miles north of Wavre. Walter Donald Edge now rests in a joint grave in Wavre Communal Cemetery, Belgium.