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EDWARDS, Peter

Personal Information
Rank P/O
Forename(s) Peter Colin
Surname Edwards
Gender M
Age 22
Decorations
Date of death 26-12-1944
Next of kin Son of Norman Job and Hilda Edith Mary Edwards, of Wyalkatchem, Western Australia.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax III
Serial Number NR246
Markings ZA-Y
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Runnymede Memorial
Grave Reference Panel 258..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 159
Enlistment information
Service Number 38423
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Group 4
Squadron 10
Trade Wireless Operator
Country of origin if different Australia
Fellow Servicemen
Addyman D E (P/O)
Gower J G (P/O)
Macleod W R D (P/O)
Mansell P J (Sgt)
Murphy T (F/S)
Yates B (F/O)
Last Operation information
Start Date 26-12-1944
End Date 26-12-1944
Takeoff Station Melbourne
Day/Night raid Day
Operation St. Vith- to attack enemy troop positions. This raid had been delayed due to bad weather conditions in the target area. 294 aircraft, 2 losses (0.7%). Accurate and concentrated bombing.
Reason for Loss Believed to have crashed into the sea off Margate on the return leg, after having sent W/T transmissions only minutes earlier