Artist's impression (by Seán Pòl Ó Creachmhaoil) of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloster_Gladiator" class="extiw" title="en:Gloster Gladiator">Gloster Gladiator</a> flown by Bermudian Flying Officer Herman Francis Grant "Baba" Ede, DFC, during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Norway" class="extiw" title="en:Battle of Norway">Battle of Norway</a>. Ede was the first Bermudian killed in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_World_War" class="extiw" title="en:Second World War">Second World War</a>, dying along with most aboard the aircraft carrier, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Glorious" class="extiw" title="en:HMS Glorious">HMS Glorious</a>, when she was sunk while evacuating his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._263_Squadron_RAF" class="extiw" title="en:No. 263 Squadron RAF">263 Squadron</a> from Norway on 8 June, 1940. Ede was one of numerous Bermudians who served as aircrew in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" class="extiw" title="en:Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" class="extiw" title="en:Fleet Air Arm">Fleet Air Arm</a>, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force" class="extiw" title="en:Royal Canadian Air Force">Royal Canadian Air Force</a> during the war (see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Air_Force,_Bermuda,_1939-1945" class="extiw" title="en:Royal Air Force, Bermuda, 1939-1945">Royal Air Force, Bermuda, 1939-1945</a>).
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<p>A photograph I took of a drawing I produced.<br></p>
<b>Previously published:</b> On my deceased Geocities account. Partially archived at: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.geocities.ws/gpvillain/ede.html">http://www.geocities.ws/gpvillain/ede.html</a> (image not shown) and Facebook (in a private album, so link won't be put here), and other locations.