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Flight Lieutenant Malcolm F Edwards |
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Flight Lieutenant Malcolm F Edwards
Born: 1917 |
Career Details
In the morning on 29 December 1944 Edwards flew an armed reconnaissance. North of Rhine the four 3 Squadron aircraft were attacked from above by 20-plus Bf109s and Fw190s. Edwards, flying JF-V (EJ803), was shot down by a Bf109 from IV/JG27, and killed.
On the same sortie his friend F/O Ken Slade-Betts was also lost. They are now buried next to each other in the Reichswald cemetery , Germany.
Edwards victories in Tempest are 12 V-1s (7 confirmed) and 5 shared.
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A quite well-known photo from Newchurch. The man lying down is thought to be F/L Malcolm F Edwards, by his family. |
| Flight Lieutenant Malcolm F Edwards' medals |
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Edwards' victories in Tempest |
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Date of Claim |
Type Claimed |
Aircraft Serial No. |
Location of Claim |
Unit |
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17 June 1944 |
1/2 V-1 |
JF-N (JN793) |
Folkstone |
3 |
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18 June 1944 |
V-1 |
JF-X (JN735) |
Rye |
3 |
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19 June 1944 |
V-1 |
JF-S (JN752) |
Dungeness |
3 |
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5 July 1944 |
V-1 |
JF- (EJ525) |
Edenbridge |
3 |
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5 July 1944 |
V-1 |
JF- (EJ525) |
Tenterden |
3 |
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5 July 1944 |
V-1 |
JF- (EJ525) |
Tenterden |
3 |
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6 July 1944 |
V-1 |
JF-T (EJ582) |
Dungeness |
3 |
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12 July 1944 |
1/2 V-1 |
JF-T (EJ582) |
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3 |
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22 July 1944 |
1/2 V-1 |
JF-Z (JN862) |
Rye |
3 |
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24 July 1944 |
1/2 V-1 |
JF-Z (JN862) |
Robertsbridge |
3 |
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24 July 1944 |
V-1 |
JF-Z (JN862) |
Tenterden |
3 |
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26 July 1944 |
1/2 V-1 |
JF- (JN521) |
Bexhill |
3 |
Images from:
James Atkinson
Text sources:
James Atkinson
The Typhoon & Tempest Story (Chris Thomas & Christopher Shores)
This page was last updated 3 April 2012