Elliott, Howard Lee

Killed in Action 1941-10-15

Birth Date: 1917

Born:

Son of Charles Edward Elliott, and of Myrtle Eugenia Elliott (nee Phipps), of Forgan, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Home: Forgan, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

114 Sqn- Squadron

Base

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/62406

Home
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First Burial
Google MapRunnymede Memorial Surrey, Uk
114 Hong Kong Squadron (With Speed I Strike). Blenheim aircraft V 5875 failed to return from operations. Two of the crew, not Canadians, missing believed killed.addendum 2: See page 211. Sgt. Elliott was a navigator not an air gunner. Blenheim aircraft V 5875 failed to return from an anti-shipping strike. Sgt.s C.S. Balzer (RNZAF) and V.F.W. Slade (RAF) were also killed. Detail provided by L. Forsberg, Brandon, MB.

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Blenheim V5875

Sergeant Elliott, Howard Lee (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1941-October-15
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

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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