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EDWARDS, R L - Flying Officer

Flying Officer
ROBERT LESLEY (R L) EDWARDS

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  • Flying Officer
    ROBERT LESLEY (R L) EDWARDS

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    ROBERT LESLEY (R L) EDWARDS
    10 June 1912
    C/903
    Flying Officer
    Royal Canadian Air Force
    30 August 1940
    KIA
    28 years
    BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY

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    30 August 1940 - BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY | Age: 28 years

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Interesting Facts

  • Born at Roseneath, Ont. Studied at Victoria University, University of Toronto. Enl. 7 Nov 1938 at Trenton, Ontario. M. Ruth Beaton Brownlee 1939. He was believed to be the first RCAF officer killed in a "flying battle" overseas. A press account stated that during the Battle of Britain a German bomber attacking an aerodrome in Sussex was shot down by a Canadian and that beside the wreckage of the Aircraft a tattered map was found and that that map was prominently displayed afterwards over the fireplace in Edwards's mess as a trophy, since credit for the "kill" was given to the former Cobourg resident. He was survived by his wife at 58 Jackman Avenue, Toronto.

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Fallen Soldiers buried in BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY