Birth Date: 1916-June-14 (age 27)
Born: Watson Saskatchewan
Son of August Bettin and of Mary Bettin (nee Klimak), of Watson, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Home: Watson, Saskatchewan
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| Air Chief Marshal | A/C/M |
| Air Marshal | A/M |
| Air Vice Marshal | A/V/M |
| Air Commodore | A/C |
| Group Captain | G/C |
| Wing Commander | W/C |
| Squadron Leader | S/L |
| Flight Lieutenant | F/L |
| Flying Officer | F/O |
| Pilot Officer | P/O |
| Warrant Officer 1st Class | WO1 |
| Warrant Officer 2nd Class | WO2 |
| Flight Sergeant | FS |
| Sergeant | SGT |
| Corporal | CPL |
| Senior Aircraftman | SAC |
| Leading Aircraftman | LAC |
| Aircraftman 1st Class | AC1 |
| Aircraftman 2nd Class | AC2 |
11 RS. Sergeant Bettin was killed when Botha aircraft L 6202 was in a flying accident. The aircraft entered cloud off the North Wales coast and without the pilot realising flew inland and struck the western side of Llwytmor above Aber Falls.
Crew, all killed in crash: Sergeant George Markham Heppinstall RAF, Pilot KIFA Sergeant William Frearson WOp-AGK KIFA Sergeant Douglas Owen Hargreaves RAF, WOp-AG KIFA Sergeant Wendelin Bernard Bettin RCAF WOp-AF KIFA.
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The Blackburn B.26 Botha was a British four-seat reconnaissance and torpedo bomber. It was built by Blackburn Aircraft at its factories at Brough and Dumbarton, as a competitor to the Bristol Beaufort, entering service with the RAF in 1939. The design was underpowered and it was quickly withdrawn from operations. Wikipedia
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Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Watson, Saskatchewan
Wikipedia Blacburn Botha