Baikie, Robert Gordon

Killed in Action 1942-12-05

Birth Date: 1920

Born:

Son of Henry and Ruby Elizabeth Baikie, of Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.

Home: Nanaimo, British Columbia

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

114 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
With Speed I Strike

Base

RAF East Wretham

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Flight Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/76525

Home
Google MapNanaimo, British Columbia
First Burial
Google MapDely Ibrahim War Cemetery, Algeria
FS RG Baikie was born in Evie, Orkney Island, Scotland and came to Canada at the age of seven. He was brought up in Lavoy, Alberta and Nanaimo, B.C. 114 Hong Kong Squadron (With Speed I Strike). FS RG Baikie (RCAF) was killed when his parachute failed to open after Blenheim V aircraft BA 791 was abandoned over Rebeval, Algeria due to engine failure. Sergeant GR Acheson (RCAF) and Sergeant J Cummings (RAF) were safe.

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Blenheim BA791

Flight Sergeant Baikie, Robert Gordon (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1942-December-05
Dely Ibrahim War Cemetery, Algiers, Algeria

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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