Edwards, Ernest Charles (Flt. Sergeant)
Killed in Action 1944-April-11
Birth Date: 1924 (age 20)
Charles & Winifred Maggie Edwards
Home: Winchester, Hampshire, England
RAF
576 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Carpe Diem Seize the opportunity
RAF Elsham Wolds
| Marshal | |
| Air Chief Marshal | A/C/M |
| Air Marshal | A/M |
| Air Vice Marshal | A/V/M |
| Air Commodore | A/C |
| Group Captain | G/C |
| Wing Commander | W/C |
| Squadron Leader | S/L |
| Flight Lieutenant | F/L |
| Flying Officer | F/O |
| Pilot Officer | P/O |
| Warrant Officer 1st Class | WO1 |
| Warrant Officer 2nd Class | WO2 |
| Flight Sergeant | FS |
| Sergeant | SGT |
| Corporal | CPL |
| Senior Aircraftman | SAC |
| Leading Aircraftman | LAC |
| Aircraftman 1st Class | AC1 |
| Aircraftman 2nd Class | AC2 |
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Took off from Elsham Wolds at 23:31 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code UL-R2 Bomber Command) on an operation to bomb railway yards at Cambrai France.
Shot down by a night fighter and crashed between Cambrai (Nord) and Solesmes France.
Killed includes Edwards: F/Lt Frank Sharpe Barnsdale RAF KIA Route De Solesmes Communal Cemetery Plot 1. Row A. Grave 10. Sergeant Clifford Clamp RAF KIA Route De Solesmes Communal Cemetery Plot 1. Row A. Grave 11. Pilot Officer Alexander Grant Campbell RCAF J/85824 KIA Route De Solesmes Communal Cemetery, Cambrai, France, Plot 1. Row A. Grave 14. Sergeant Grenville Malcombe Morris RAF KIA Route De Solesmes Communal Cemetery Plot 1. Row A. Grave 12. Sergeant James Torode RAF KIA Route De Solesmes Communal Cemetery Plot 1. Row A. Joint grave 15. Sergeant Kevin Joseph Willett RAF KIA Route De Solesmes Communal Cemetery Plot 1. Row A. Grave 13.
Cambrai France
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