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Edwards, Mason Argue (Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1943-October-22

Birth Date: 1923-December-15 (age 19)

Born: Whitby Ontario

Son of Edward and Luella M. Edwards, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Service
RCAF
Unit
158 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Strength In Unity
Base
Lissett
Rank
Sergeant
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Air Gunner
Service Numbers
R/184880
158 Squadron (Strength InUnity). Halifax aircraft LW 297 was shot down at Holzhaussen, Germany during a night trip to Kassel, Germany. Sgt.s G.T. Boswell (RAF), J. Cahill (RAF), J.B. Cameron (RAF), M.E. Cipriani (RAF), A.J.Richards (RAF), and F. Wilkinson (RAF) were also killed. One other member of the crew, not Canadian, missing believed killed.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Sergeant Mason Argue Edwards was exhumed and reburied.

Home
Google MapToronto, Ontario
Target
Google MapKassel Germany
First Burial
Google MapSouth-East Corner Of The Holzhausen Cemetery
Re-Burial
Google MapCWG Cemetery
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Halifax LW297

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