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Operation: Training
Date: 27th December 1943 (Monday)
Unit:No. 211 Squadron
Type: Bristol Beaufighter Mk.X
Serial: LZ151
Code: Unknown
Base: RAF Ranchi, Bihar State (Jharkhand State since 2000) India
Location: Three miles east of Ranchi Airfield
Pilot:Fl/Lt. John Robert Edgar J/8141 RCAF Age 28 Killed (1)
REASON FOR LOSS:
From November 1943 until early January 1944, the squadron was based at Ranchi Airfield in north east India to carry out pre-operational training.
F/O. Edgar was buried on the 28th December 1943.
Fl/Lt. John Robert Edgar. Ranchi War Cemetery, Jharkhand State, India. Grave 2.D.10. Son of Dale Edwin and Lula Josephine (nee Stewart) Edgar of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Further information:
"Jack" Edgar was born in 1915 at North Battleford, Saskatchwan and moved to Chilliwack with his family in 1925. Prior to the war, he worked in Chilliwack for Overwaitea Ltd. and was a popular athlete, no doubt encouraged by his father who was prominent in Chilliwack Amateur Athletics.
Right, loading rockets onto a 211 Squadron Beaufighter at Ranchi, India (courtesy IWM)
Jack maintained an interest in amateur radio work, model airplane building and was a member of the Chilliwack Volunteer Fire Brigade. He was interested in aviation and joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, graduating from Yorkton, Saskatchewan as a pilot.
Once in England, he served for a year and nine months as a flying instructor. In August 1943, Jack began operations, flying Beaufighters in India with 211 Squadron.
Researched by Aircrew Remembered, researcher and RCAF specialist Colin Bamford for relatives of this crew - page dedicated to the family of Fl/Lt. Edgar. Fl/Lt. Edgar’s photograph and biographical information researched by Paul Ferguson, Heritage Collections Manager, Chilliwack Museum and Archives and reproduced courtesy of The Chilliwack Museum and Archives, British Columbia, Canada.
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