Acland, Ion Hugh

Killed in Flying Accident 1941-03-18

Birth Date: 1914-October-17

Born: Victoria, British Columbia

Son of John Bevill and Marjorie (nee Guernsey) Acland, of Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia. Brother of Ione Vivienne.

Home: Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

Enlistment: Trenton, Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1940-10-27

Service

RCAF

Unit

2 SoAC- School of Army Cooperation (RAF)

Base

RAF Andover

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot Officer

Service Numbers

J/2827

Home
Google MapGanges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia
First Burial
Google MapAndover Cemetery, Hampshire, Uk

2 School of Army Cooperation Blenheim IV aircraft T2443 lost control after take-off from Andover Hampshire and crashed at Penton Mewsey, Wiltshire also killing Pilot Officer JL Baines (RAF) and Sergeant V Moore (RAF)

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Blenheim T2443

Pilot Officer Acland, Ion Hugh (RCAF)
Observer
Killed in Flying Accident
1941-March-18
Andover Cemetery, Andover, Hampshire, UK

Bristol Blenheim

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3602838)
Bristol 142M Blenheim Mk.V, RAF (Serial No. DJ702).
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The Bristol Blenheim is a British light bomber aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company (Bristol) which was used extensively in the first two years and in some cases throughout the Second World War. The aircraft was developed as Type 142, a civil airliner, in response to a challenge from Lord Rothermere to produce the fastest commercial aircraft in Europe. The Type 142 first flew in April 1935, and the Air Ministry, impressed by its performance, ordered a modified design as the Type 142M for the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a bomber. Deliveries of the newly named Blenheim to RAF squadrons commenced on 10 March 1937. Wikipedia

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