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Darling, Alex Thomas (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1941-December-18

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Birth Date: 1916 (age 25)

Home: Guelph, Ontario

Service
RAF
Unit
70 OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF)
Base
RAF Nakuru, Kenya
Rank
Flying Officer
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
42325

70 Operational Training Unit, Blenheim IV aircraft V 5576 was in a mid-air collision with Blenheim Z 6430 at Nakuru, Kenya. Blenheim V 5576 crashed and burned but Blenheim Z 6430 survived the collision and was repaired

Flying Officer TA Darling (RAF)(Can) and Sergeant MH Genney (RAFVR) were killed on Blenheim V 5576

Flying Officer Darling was an instructor and had completed his first tour of operations in 1940 - 1941

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Blenheim V5576

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

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Blenheim Mk. lV V5576



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