	THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN LONDON MONUMENT
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The Airmen's Stories - Sgt. E Jones

Edwin Jones was born in 1913, the son of William Edwin Jones (1892-??) and Annie Ethel Jones (1893-1921) of Askam-in-Furness.

He joined the RAF in September 1935 as an Aircrafthand and later remustered as an Airman u/t Air Gunner. He was serving with 29 Squadron at Digby in June 1940.

On 19th December 1940 Jones was flying in Blenheim L6612 which is believed to have hit a tree during low flying. It crashed two miles south-west of Digby airfield and Jones, Sgt. S Stokoe, Sgt. AA Wilsdon and Sgt. IW Watkins were all killed.

Jones was 27 and is buried in Barrow-in-Furness Cemetery, Lancashire.

Above image courtesy of Sean Williams.

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