Braun, William Thomas

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-04-04

Birth Date: 1916-January-13

Born:

Son of Clifford Braun, and of Jessie Emily Braun, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Home: Vancouver, British Columbia

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

2 OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF)

Base

RAF Catfoss

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Flight Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/61110

2 Operational Training Unit. Whitley aircraft was in a mid-air collision with a Blenheim aircraft and then crashed four miles north of Seipsea.

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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