Edwards, Ernest Charles
Killed in Action 1944-04-11

Birth Date: 1924
Born:
Charles & Winifred Maggie Edwards
Home: Winchester, Hampshire, England
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RAF
Unit
576 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Carpe Diem Seize the opportunity
Base
RAF Elsham Wolds
Rank
Flt. Sergeant
Position
Flt. Sergeant
Service Numbers
1321526
Target

First Burial

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.