Edwards, Charles Mervyn

Killed in Action 1944-06-09

Birth Date: 1924-April-13

Born:

Son of Charles Raymond and Caroline M. Edwards of Hamilton, Ontario.

Home: Hamilton, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

4 (BR) Sqn- Squadron

Base

RCAF Stn. Ucluelet BC

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/224812

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4 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron, Ucluelet, British Columbia. Canso aircraft crashed in the Pacific off Canada's west coast. No trace of the aircraft or crew has been found.

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This incident involved multiple aircraft:

  1. Canso A Serial: 11019

All the above aircraft in the above list are referenced in this report.

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Canso 11019

Flight Sergeant Barfoot, Joseph Colclough (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1944-June-09
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Warrant Officer 1 Coleman, Charles Francis (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-June-09
Royal Oak Burial Park, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Sergeant Edwards, Charles Mervyn (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-June-09
Woodland Cemetery, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Pilot Officer Herlen, Ernest Osborne (RCAF)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Action
1944-June-09
Woodlawn Cemetery Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Flight Lieutenant Kee, John Gordon (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1944-June-09
Prospect Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Pilot Officer Morrison, Grant Reid (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1944-June-09
Evergreen Cemetery, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Sergeant Rydholm, Allan Eber (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-June-09
IOOF Cemetery, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

Sergeant Wyatt, Frederick John (RCAF)
Flight Engineer (training)
Killed in Action
1944-June-09
Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Consolidated Canso Catalina PBY PB2B A-10 OA-10 Black Cat

RCAF Canso A (Serial No. 9754), No. 162 Squadron, F/L David Ernest Hornell aircraft.
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The Consolidated Catalina and Canso were close cousins. The Canso was the true amphibious version of the design and therefore included a conventional undercarriage to allow for either water or land use. The Canso provided more than two decades of valuable service to the RCAF. The Catalina variant came first and was produced beginning in 1935 for the United States Navy. The amphibious version, designated PBY-5A, came in service early in 1941 and the RCAF began using the aircraft on anti-submarine patrols that same year. After the Second World War, the RCAF used Cansos for search and rescue, Arctic survey missions and various transport operations.RCAF

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Canso 11019

Canso A 11019

With No. 4 (BR) Squadron at RCAF Station Ucluelet, BC when it crashed on landing in Ucluelet Inlet at 06:50 on 9 June 1944, at the end of a patrol. 8 of 9 crew members killed. Allocated to No. 3 Repair Depot at Vancouver on 19 June 1944 for striking off.

1943-11-27 Taken on Strength Western Air Command 2019-08-20
1944-June-09 Accident: 4 Squadron Loc: Ucluelet Inlet Names: Amos | Barfoot | Coleman | Edwards | Herlen | Kee | Morrison | Rydholm | Wyatt
1944-07-14 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20