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Name EDWARDS
First names William Frank
Rank Sgt
Service RAF
Service number 1804079
Crew position Flight Engineer
Age 20
Date of death 22/03/44
Cemetery Reichswald Forest cemetery Kleve Germany

Photographed by Malcolm Brooke
22/23 March, 1944; FRANKFURT: 49 Squadron managed to get 19 airborne.
F/Sgt Ron Greig and crew were lost; the crew are buried in the Reichswald Forest Cemetery. Two members of the Greig crew had very nearly completed their tours; F/Sgts Whiteley and Peacock had previously flown with P/O Eric Jones and had only a few more trips left to do.

ND536 (EA-F)
F/S R. Greig Pilot (Killed)
Sgt W.F. Edwards F/E (Killed)
F/S K. Anderson NAV (Killed)

F/S C. Peacock W/AG (Killed)
P/O O.R. Rogers RAAF A/G (Killed)
F/S L.J. Phillips A/B (Killed)
F/S H. Whiteley A/G (Killed)
Most of the crew were on their 7th operation.