Charles Edmonds, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Edmonds

air officer of the Royal Air Force and naval aviator

Date of Birth: 20-Apr-1891

Place of Birth: Lincoln, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 26-Sep-1954

Profession: military officer, aircraft pilot

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Air Vice Marshal Charles Humphrey Kingsman Edmonds, (20 April 1891 – 26 September 1954) was air officer of the Royal Air Force (RAF).
He first served in the Royal Navy and was a naval aviator during the First World War, taking part in the Cuxhaven Raid in December 1914; and while serving in the Gallipoli Campaign (1915) he was the first man to sink an enemy ship from an aircraft, using a torpedo.
In the interbellum he remained in the RAF, becoming a senior staff officer during World War II.