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Alexander, James Okeden (Flight Lieutenant)

Killed in Action 1942-August-28

Birth Date: 1918-June-03 (age 24)

Born: Caterham Surrey England

Son of Major-General and Mrs. R. O. Alexander.

Husband of Barbara I. Alexander, of Victoria, British Columbia. Awarded a medal of the Royal Humane Society for saving life at sea. Flight Lieutenant Ale

Home: Victoria, British Columbia

Service
RAF
Unit
88 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
En Garde Be on you guard
Rank
Flight Lieutenant
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
44267
88 Hong Kong Squadron (En Garde) Blenheim IV aircraft Z7445 was shot down and crashed at Schiedam near Rotterdam, Holland during a sortie over enemy-held territory. Flight Lieutenant JO Alexander (RAF)(Can), FS JL Briggs (RAF) and FS AJ Hardy (RAF) were killed. Flight Lieutenant Alexander had pre-war RCAF service number C989.

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Burial
Google MapCemetery Crooswijk
Plot LL Row 2 Grave 9

Blenheim Z7445

Bristol Blenheim

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3602838)
Bristol 142M Blenheim Mk.V, RAF (Serial No. DJ702).

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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last update: 2021-10-05 20:09:43

Blenheim Mk. lV Z7445



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