Bloomer, George Taylor

Killed in Action 1942-08-01

Birth Date: 1922-March-23

Born:

Son of William James and Ellen Jane Bloomer, of Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada.

Home: Niagara Falls, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

14 OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF)

Base

RAF Cottesmore

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Flight Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/81457

Home

Niagara Falls, Ontario

Target

Dusseldorf Germany

First Burial

Canadian War Cemetery, Adegem, East Flanders, Belgium

14 Operational Training Group Hampden I aircraft P 1185 GL-B shot down near Leffinge, Middelkerke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. FS GT Bloomer (RCAF) was killed. Please see McLean, DG for complete casualty list and flight detail.Cenotaph at Fairview Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada Sec 08 Plot 0259

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

www.findagrave.com

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Findagrave.com

Hampden P1185

Flight Sergeant Bloomer, George Taylor (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1942-August-01
Adegem Canadian War Cemetery, Maldegem, Belgium

Male Head

Warrant Officer 2 McGowan, Norman Edgar (RCAF)

Prisoner of War
1942-August-01
cemetery unknown

Pilot Officer McLean, David Gerald (RCAF)
Observer
Killed in Action
1942-August-01
Adegem Canadian War Cemetery, Maldegem, Belgium

Handley Page Hampden

(RCAF Photo via Chris Charland)(Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page)
Handley Page Hampden (Serial No. P5428), of No. 32 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Patricia Bay, British Columbia, in the torpedo-bomber training role between May 1942 and February 1944.

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Handley Page developed a modern stressed-skin mid-wing monoplane, powered by Bristol Pegasus radial air cooled engines, with its first flight in 1936. It had the most advanced wings available at the time, giving it a remarkably low landing speed of 73 mph for an aircraft of its size, with a top speed of 265 mph. The Hampden had a short, narrow but tall main fuselage with a very slender tail unit. This configuration led to the nicknames "Flying Panhandle" and "Flying Suitcase". At the end of the war, no complete or partial Hampden aircraft were retained for museum display.

The Hampden served in the early stages of the war, bearing the brunt of the early bombing war over Europe, taking part in the first night raid on Berlin and in the first 1000-bomber raid on Cologne.In Canada, Hampdens were built by six companies that formed Associated Aircraft. There were three in Ontario and three in Quebec, hence they were identified as the Ontario Group and Quebec Group. They supplied all the the components to the two assembly plants. The Ontario Group's assembly plant was at the Malton Airport, while the Quebec group's assembly plant was at the St. Hubert Airport. Canadian Museum of Flight and Harold A Skaarup web page

YouTube Handley Page Hampden in Flight