Edwards, Charles Mervyn (Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1944-June-09

Sergeant Charles Mervyn Edwards RCAF

Birth Date: 1924-April-13

Born:

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

Spouse: Husband of Freda May Edwards, of Ucluelet, British Columbia.

Home: Hamilton, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

4 (BR) Sqn- Squadron

Base

RCAF Stn. Ucluelet BC

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/224812

Home
Google MapHamilton, Ontario
Final Burial
Google MapWoodland Cemetery
Sec 25 Lot 79 East grave

Crew or Other Personnel

Canso 11019

Flight Sergeant Joseph Colclough Barfoot RCAF

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

Warrant Officer 1 Charles Francis Coleman RCAF

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 Charles Mervyn Edwards RCAF

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

Pilot Officer Ernest Osborne Herlen RCAF

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

Flight Lieutenant John Gordon Kee RCAF

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

Pilot Officer Grant Reid Morrison RCAF

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

Sergeant Allan Eber Rydholm RCAF

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

Sergeant Frederick John Wyatt RCAF

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

Canso serial: 11019

RCAF Canso A (Serial No. 9754), No. 162 Squadron, F/L David Ernest Hornell aircraft.

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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Aircraft Images

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