Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35225/pages/4213. Wing Commander Hughie Idwal Edwards (39005), 105 Squadron, Royal Air Force. On 4th July 1941 over Bremen, Germany, Wing Commander Edwards led a force of bombers, in daylight, at a height of about 50 feet through telephone wires and high tension cables, to attack the heavily defended port. The bombers successfully penetrated fierce anti-aircraft fire and a dense balloon barrage, but further fire over the port itself resulted in the loss of four of the attacking force. His task completed, Wing Commander Edwards brought his remaining aircraft safely back, although all had been hit. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35855/page/215. OFFICER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37878/supplement/701. DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35208/page/3824. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36866/supplement/61.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35225/pages/4213. Wing Commander Hughie Idwal Edwards (39005), 105 Squadron, Royal Air Force. On 4th July 1941 over Bremen, Germany, Wing Commander Edwards led a force of bombers, in daylight, at a height of about 50 feet through telephone wires and high tension cables, to attack the heavily defended port. The bombers successfully penetrated fierce anti-aircraft fire and a dense balloon barrage, but further fire over the port itself resulted in the loss of four of the attacking force. His task completed, Wing Commander Edwards brought his remaining aircraft safely back, although all had been hit. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35855/page/215. OFFICER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37878/supplement/701. DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35208/page/3824. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36866/supplement/61.