Charles Colby Child Rank: Leading Aircraftman Status: Killed in Action 1940-05-12

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Child, Charles Colby (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Action 1940-May-12

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Birth Date: 1920 (age 20)

Daniel Child & Lillian Nora Child, of Stanford Bridge, Worcestershire

Home: Vancouver, British Columbia

Service
RAF

Unit
139 (MB) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Si Placet Necamus (We destroy at will)

Base
Plivot Aerodrome, France

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Marshal
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

Position
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner

Service Numbers
541344

Blenheim Mk IV P-4826 XD-M , failed to return from an operation to strafe German troop columns during the Battle of France, possibly shot down by a German fighter. Lost without trace

Seven of nine aircraft sent on this operation were lost to enemy fighters

Killed: LAC Charles Colby Child RAF (Canadian) KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 22. Sgt Joseph Belk Keegan RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 16. F/Lt Andrew Wynyard Lee RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 4.

International Bomber Command Centre

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Leading Aircraftman Charles Colby Child has no known grave.

Home

Vancouver, British Columbia

Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK
Panel 22

Crew on Blenheim Mk. lV P4826

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Leading Aircraftman Child, Charles Colby (RAF)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Killed in Action
Age: 20
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK - Panel 22

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Sergeant Keegan, Joseph Belk (RAF)
Observer
Killed in Action
Age: unknown
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK - Panel 16

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Flight Lieutenant Lee, Andrew Wynard (RAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
Age: unknown
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK - Panel 4

Bristol Blenheim

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3602838)
Bristol 142M Blenheim Mk.V, RAF (Serial No. DJ702).

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

YouTube Bristol Blenheim Bomber