LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer Allan Matheson EDGAR
From Australia serving in the Royal Air Force
Service No: 41270 (RAF)
Born: Date, location unavailable
Enlisted in the RAF: Date unavailable
Unit: No. 105 Squadron (RAF), Villeneuve-les-Verrus, France
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 105 Squadron Battle I aircraft L4980), France, 26 March 1940, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas de Calais, France
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John Matheson and Jessie Edgar, of Essendon, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
During a night flying training exercise on 26 March 1940, Battle L4980 crashed west of Cheniers and all three crew members were killed.
The crew members of L4980 were:
Pilot Officer Allan Matheson Edgar (41270) (RAF) (Pilot)
Corporal Alexander Egerton Jones (531577) (RAF) (Wireless Operator)
Sergeant Hugh Edward Pettit (580495) (RAF) (Observer)
References:
Chorley, W.R. Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War Volume 1 Aircraft and Aircrew Losses 1939-1940, Midland Counties Publications UK, 1992
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records