225940 Sqd.Ldr. Edwin Stuart Travis Cole Royal Air Force from:Bristol Edwin Cole was a WW1 flying Ace, serving in 1 Squadron and attaining the rank of Captain by the end of hostilities. Between the wars he ran a motor business in Bristol, but signed up again on 21 March 1939 and was commissioned as a pilot officer in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Service no. 72802). On 31 August 1939 he was promoted to flying officer.
It is claimed that in May 1940 he was involved in an abortive attempt to ferry a group of Blenheims and Hurricanes across occupied France to the Middle East. Shortly afterwards he was declared unfit for further flying duties and on 27 May 1940 he was transferred to General Duties. On 27 May 1941, he was promoted to Flight Lieutenant and on 1st of July 1944 he was promoted again to Squadron Leader. He left the RAF at the end of the war and resigned his RAFVR commission on 10 February 1954. He died in 1984.
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