Disabled pilot leads low level daylight raid

4th July 1941: Determined and resolute all his life, Hughie Edwards presses home an attack despite heavy flak hitting every aircraft

The Bristol Blenheim MkIV. First developed as an airliner, the military version was faster than most fighters when ordered in 1935. As a light bomber, it was nearly obsolete by 1940 when it saw widespread service in France and the Battle of Britain, and suffered heavy losses. It was more successful as a night fighter.

On leaving school at the age of 14 t…