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Wing Commander J F Stocky Edwards DFC* DFM
Stocky Edwards became a P40 Ace with 260 Sqn. 94 Sqn RAF, Flight Commander 260 Sqn RAF, 417 Sqn RCAF, Flight Commander 92 Sqn RAF, Squadron Commander 274 Sqn RAF, Wing Leader 127 Wing RCAF. His victory total was 15 with 3 shared. He died on 14th May 2022.
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| Distinguished Flying Cross | Bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross | Distinguished Flying Medal |
| Wing Commander J F Stocky Edwards DFC* DFM - Signed Aviation Art |
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Midwinter Dawn by Robert Taylor. The engineers at Rolls-Royce had worked their magic. They had somehow managed to squeeze every available ounce of power out of the current Merlin engine and by D-Day on 6 June 1944 the sleek Mk.IX Spitfires of Fighter Command reigned supreme in the skies over Normandy. The magnificent Mk.IXs were, by far, the most numerous variant of Spitfires that fought from D-Day to the threshold of the Reich. In the great drive from Normandy across northern France, Belgium and into Holland the Spitfire pilots of Fighter Command threw down the gauntlet to any Luftwaffe pilots brave enough, or foolhardy enough, to tangle with them. Perhaps the greatest pilot to ever fly the Spitfire was the RAF&39;s top fighter Ace Johnnie Johnson. His resolute determination and steadfast leadership came into its own during D-Day and the subsequent advance through Normandy, and he would finish the war as the highest scoring Allied Ace in Europe. The scene captures the moment when, as Wing Leader of 127 Canadian Wing, Johnnie is seen leading Mk.IX Spitfires from 421 Red Indian Squadron RCAF out on patrol from their airfield at Evere near Brussels on a cold December morning in 1944. It is close to the fighting and the German front line so, as the Canadians climb steadily out over the snow clad landscape in the golden light of dawn, they are already alert and on the lookout for the first signs of trouble. |
Greycap Leader by Robert Taylor. Leading 433 (Canadian) Squadron, top Allied Fighter Ace Johnnie Johnson -Greycap Leader - has already bagged an Fw190, and is hauling his MKIX Spitfire around looking for a second in heavy dog-fighting over the Rhine, September 1944. In the distance more enemy fighters appear, they too will receive the attention of the Canadians. |
Dawn Till Dusk by Richard Taylor. Fighter Ace Johnnie Johnson leads MkIX Spitfires of his No.144 Canadian Wing back to their base at Ford after a long day of operations over Normandy shortly after D-Day. The wing flew constant fighter sweeps throughout the Normandy Invasions, before relocating to France on June 15th 1944. |
The Hard Way Home by Robert Taylor. The Battle of Britain had been won by the young fighter pilots of Fighter Command, but now it fell to another band of young men to wage total warfare against the Nazi war machine - the aircrew of RAF Bomber Command. And like the fighter pilots of the Battle of Britain, the young men who flew with Bomber Command came not just from Britain, but from all over the Commonwealth, and from the countries of occupied mainland Europe. Every man was a volunteer, prepared to endure the deadly flak and prowling night fighters, to say nothing of the savage and bitter cold, in order to wage their relentless attack on the military and industrial targets of the Third Reich. The aircraft that carried these young men to war were numerous, but bearing the brunt of the RAFs incessant campaign were two heavy bombers, the stalwarts of Bomber Command - the Lancaster and the Halifax. Between them they accounted for over three quarters of all the bombs dropped by the RAF, and Halifaxes alone accounted for a total of 73,312 operations, nearly a fifth of all missions carried out by Bomber Command. |
Known Victory Claims - James Francis Edwards | |||||||
DATE | PILOT | UNIT | JG | CLAIMED | LOCATION | TIME | FRONT |
| 30/12/1942 | James Francis Edwards | Me109 | Western Front | ||||
| 02/03/1942 | James Francis Edwards | Me109 | Western Front | ||||
| 23/03/1942 | James Francis Edwards | Me109 | Martuba Airfield | Western Front | |||
| 30/05/1942 | James Francis Edwards | Me109 | Western Front | ||||
| 08/06/1942 | James Francis Edwards | Me109 | Bir Hacheim | Western Front | |||
| 14/06/1942 | James Francis Edwards | Me109 | Acroma | Western Front | |||
| 14/06/1942 | James Francis Edwards | Me109 | Acroma | Western Front | |||
| 17/06/1942 | James Francis Edwards | Me109 | El Daba | Western Front | |||
| 26/06/1942 | James Francis Edwards | Me109 | Western Front | ||||
| 06/07/1942 | James Francis Edwards | Me109 | Western Front | ||||
| 06/07/1942 | James Francis Edwards | Me109 | Western Front | ||||
| 04/08/1942 | James Francis Edwards | Me109 | Western Front | ||||
| 06/09/1942 | James Francis Edwards | Me109 | Western Front | ||||
| 15/09/1942 | James Francis Edwards | Me109 | Western Front | ||||
| 21/10/1942 | James Francis Edwards | Macchi 202 | Western Front | ||||
| 22/10/1942 | James Francis Edwards | Me109 | Western Front | ||||
| 26/10/1942 | James Francis Edwards | Me109 | Western Front | ||||
| 28/10/1942 | James Francis Edwards | Me109 | Western Front | ||||
| 28/10/1942 | James Francis Edwards | Me109 | Western Front | ||||
| 01/11/1942 | James Francis Edwards | Me109 | Western Front | ||||
| 16/12/1942 | James Francis Edwards | Me109 | Western Front | ||||
| 30/12/1942 | James Francis Edwards | Me109 | Western Front | ||||
| 02/01/1943 | James Francis Edwards | Me109 | Western Front | ||||
| 29/03/1943 | James Francis Edwards | Fw190 | Western Front | ||||
| 29/03/1943 | James Francis Edwards | Fw190 | Western Front | ||||
| 08/04/1943 | James Francis Edwards | Me109 | Sfax | Western Front | |||
| 08/04/1943 | James Francis Edwards | Fw190 | Western Front | ||||
| 15/04/1943 | James Francis Edwards | Me109 | Western Front | ||||
| 15/04/1943 | James Francis Edwards | Me109 | Western Front | ||||
| 15/04/1943 | James Francis Edwards | Me109 | Western Front | ||||
| 22/04/1943 | James Francis Edwards | Me323 | Gulf of Tunis | Western Front | |||
| 11/01/1944 | James Francis Edwards | Me109 | Foggia | Western Front | |||
| 16/02/1944 | James Francis Edwards | Fw190 | Anzio | Western Front | |||
| 19/02/1944 | James Francis Edwards | Fw190 | Anzio | Western Front | |||
| 19/02/1944 | James Francis Edwards | Fw190 | Anzio | Western Front | |||
| 19/02/1944 | James Francis Edwards | Fw190 | Anzio | Western Front | |||
| 29/04/1945 | James Francis Edwards | Fw190 | Western Front | ||||
| 29/04/1945 | James Francis Edwards | Me262 | Western Front | ||||
| 03/05/1945 | James Francis Edwards | Ju88 | Western Front |
Known Claims : 39
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