Breen, Frank Vincent
Killed in Action 1943-10-07
Birth Date: 1919-January-06
Born: Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Son of Simon Vincent and Mary (nee Fitzgerald) of Toronto, Ontario
Home: Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RCAF
Unit
354 (AS) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
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Base
RAF Cuttack
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Flying Officer
Service Numbers
J/21201
Home
Toronto, Ontario
First Burial
Madras War Cemetery, Chennai, India
Flying Officer Breen was BROTHER to Warrant Officer Class 2 James Gerald Breen (RCAF) missing, presumed killed in action 1943-06-12 when 431 Squadron Wellington aircraft HE 392 SE-L was shot down over the Netherlands during an operation to Dusseldorf, Germany
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.findagrave.comLiberator B 24 BZ887
Convoy Patrol 1943-October-07 to 1943-October-07
354 (AS) Sqn (RAF) RAF Cuttack
354 Squadron RAF Cuttack, India. Liberator GRV aircraft BZ 887 D had just taken off for a shipping escort operation and was flying at about 800 feet when it suddenly dove into the ground five miles from the aerodrome at Cuttack, India, killing the entire crew. The cause of the crash was undetermined
FS HB Sigel (RCAF), Flying Officer FV Breen (RCAF), Flying Officer EH Bullis (RCAF), Pilot Officer SJ Dubowski (RCAF), FS HE Miles (RCAF), Flying Officer WJ Fisher (RCAF), Flying Officer WK Redman (RCAF), Flying Officer CL Moody (RAFVR) and Flying Officer FJ Trower (RAFVR) were all killed in action
The Liberator in Royal Air Force and Commonwealth Service by James D Oughton page 133
1943 354 Squadron Liberator V BZ887 D F/O. Moody
Liberator BZ887 [Royal Air Force Aircraft Serial and Image Database]...
Liberator BZ887
Consolidated Liberator B-24 / F-7
Consolidated Liberator G.R. Mk. VIII, RCAF (Serial No. 11130) ex-USAAF Consolidated (Vultee) B-24L Liberator USAAF (44-50154)
ex-RAF (Serial No. 5009), ex-Indian Air Force (Serial No. HE773).
Currently preserved in the Canada Aviation and Space Museum Ottawa Ontario.
The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was an American heavy bomber flown by the RCAF during the Second Word War. It was designed with a shoulder-mounted, high aspect ratio Davis wing which gave the Liberator a high cruise speed, long range and the ability to carry a heavy bomb load. Early RAF Liberators were the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic Ocean as a matter of routine. In comparison with its contemporaries the B-24 was relatively difficult to fly and had poor low speed performance; it also had a lower ceiling compared with the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Of the roughly 18,500 B-24s built in the USA during the war, 148 were flown by the RCAF on long range anti-submarine patrols, with the B-24 serving an instrumental role in closing the Mid-Atlantic gap in the Battle of the Atlantic. The RCAF also flew a few B-24s post war as transports.
Roughly half of all (RAF) Liberator crews in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theatre were Canadian by the end of the war. John Muir of Vancouver flew the longest mission of the war: 24hrs, 10mins from Ceylon to Burma and back. (Kyle Hood) Harold Skaarup web page
Liberator bomber
Wikipedia Liberator bomber Liberator BZ887 B 24 - Convoy Patrol - 1943-10-07 to 1943-10-07
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354 Squadron RAF Cuttack, India. Liberator GRV aircraft BZ 887 D had just taken off for a shipping escort operation and was flying at about 800 feet when it suddenly dove into the ground five miles from the aerodrome at Cuttack, India, killing the entire crew. The cause of the crash was undetermined
FS HB Sigel (RCAF), Flying Officer FV Breen (RCAF), Flying Officer EH Bullis (RCAF), Pilot Officer SJ Dubowski (RCAF), FS HE Miles (RCAF), Flying Officer WJ Fisher (RCAF), Flying Officer WK Redman (RCAF), Flying Officer CL Moody (RAFVR) and Flying Officer FJ Trower (RAFVR) were all killed in action
The Liberator in Royal Air Force and Commonwealth Service by James D Oughton page 133 1943 354 Squadron Liberator V BZ887 D F/O. Moody
Liberator BZ887 [Royal Air Force Aircraft Serial and Image Database]...