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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Ralph Theodore Edwards

Hometown

Norfolk, Virginia

Honored By

A Grateful American

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT AT THE AGE OF 25 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 101 (GLIDER) OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) WHEN HIS DE HAVILLAND TIGER MOTH MK. II (T7190) CRASHED AT ISLIP, OXFORDSHIRE ON APRIL 2, 1942. BURIED AT KIDLINGTON BURIAL GROUNDS, KIDLINGTON, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND. COMMEMORATED AT THE VIRGINIA WAR MEMORIAL, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.