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2nd Lt Adrian C. Edwards attended college before he joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve in Denver, Colorado, on 5 December 1942.

Capt Richard M. Hague:
"Lt Edwards was flying my wing on a strafing raid on the Radstadt – Wörschach rail line. We had made several passes on locomotives and trains and came upon a troop train that was stationary on the tracks about south of the town of Gröbming. Someone called some flak being fired, but I did not see it. After we had made a pass on this train, Lt Edwards called in and said that one of his engines had been hit. I located his plane and he had the left engine feathered up. There was a small valley to the right of the main valley and Lt Edwards turned up this. After flying up this valley about two miles, the plane was seen to do a slow roll and crash into the side of a mountain. Immediately after the plane crashed a chute was seen to open, but it didn’t have enough time to fill with air. Approximately five passes was made over the spot and the chute and inactive body of Lt Edwards was seen. Ten minutes were probably spent over this point and no activity was seen, although there was a farm house nearby. The plane did not burst into flames as it hit, and so it is believed that he cut the switches and then rolled the plane in preparation to bailing out."