Hi Again,
This is a question that I would usually find an answer to at the Library and Archive Canada site, but for some reason it refuses to load. I have brought this to their attention with no change yet, but perhaps someone on the site already has the answer. The site in question:
https://recherche-collection-search.bac ... q_type_1=q
LAC Charles Murray Edwards R52056 was killed in a accident August 28, 1942, when he was run over by an aircraft under tow at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
I have two questions. First, what unit was he attached to at the time?
Second, what was his trade.
From some of the news articles and documents on the Digital Gallery of the Canadian Virtual War Memorial he worked in and had a great interest in radio.
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembran ... ial/656033
Indeed, one wonders if he was part of the Canadian airmen who trained in radar during this time, but this is just speculation.
Does anyone else (Hi, Temujin) have the answers to these questions. This airman seems too talented to have been used on General Duties, and I personally dislike not being able to connect one of our fallen to a Unit.
All The Best,
Paul
Wetaskiwin
LAC C.M. Edwards R52056
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Re: LAC C.M. Edwards R52056
Hi All,
Library and Archives Canada has fixed the problem with this airman's file, and I have found the information I was seeking there.
LAC Charles Murray Edwards was a trained radio mechanic when he enlisted in the RCAF at 19, and his trade was Wireless & Electrical Maintance. His abilities received several favourable comments in his training, and accelerated upgrading in his trade. He was taken on strength with #116(BR) Sqn. at Dartmouth July 15, 1941. On March 1, 1942 he was transferred to RCAF Station Dartmouth, possibly due to his recognized talents in diagnosing wireless problems.
He was killed accidently when he fell into the path of Hudson aircraft under tow to the hangars August 28, 1942. His death must have been a great loss to the base, and cut short a career that had a lot of promise.
Paul
Wetaskiwin, Alberta
Library and Archives Canada has fixed the problem with this airman's file, and I have found the information I was seeking there.
LAC Charles Murray Edwards was a trained radio mechanic when he enlisted in the RCAF at 19, and his trade was Wireless & Electrical Maintance. His abilities received several favourable comments in his training, and accelerated upgrading in his trade. He was taken on strength with #116(BR) Sqn. at Dartmouth July 15, 1941. On March 1, 1942 he was transferred to RCAF Station Dartmouth, possibly due to his recognized talents in diagnosing wireless problems.
He was killed accidently when he fell into the path of Hudson aircraft under tow to the hangars August 28, 1942. His death must have been a great loss to the base, and cut short a career that had a lot of promise.
Paul
Wetaskiwin, Alberta