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LAC C.M. Edwards R52056

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2026 8:00 pm
by Paul Squires
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
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