Peter Leslie Edwards
Service number
106565
Military unit
408 (RCAF) Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address
71 Woodlands Park Road, Kings Norton, Birmingham, England.
Date of birth
29 Nov 1916
Date of death
03 Jun 1942 (25 years old)
Place of birth
Kings Norton, Birmingham, England.
Employment, education or hobbies
Laboratory Manager.
- Family History
- Military history
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Family history
Son of James Leslie and Ellen Edwards, of King's Norton, Birmingham.
Military history
2/3 June 1942 Hampden AT154 408 Sqn Took off from RAF Balderton 23.26 mission to the Krupp factories at Essen 23:26. Shot down by Hauptmann Helmut Lent & Feldwebel Walter Kubisch of the Stab II./NJG 2, who were flying Lichtenstein-equipped Bf 110 R4+AC from Leeuwarden airfield, crashed in to the Ijsselmeer a mile off Medemblik at 01.06 outbound with the loss of the crew.
P/O Kenneth Taylor RCAF - Washed up near Medemblik 14 Jun 1942.
Sgt Orville McKenzie RCAF - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery.
Sgt Ewart Ronson - Washed up near Oudemirdum 17 Jul 1942.
F/O Peter Edwards - MIA.
Extra information
Unknown
Photographs
Photo of Peter Leslie Edwards