Earl Robert Hale Rank: Pilot Officer Status: Killed in Action 1940-08-13

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Hale, Earl Robert (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1940-August-13

Birth Date: 1915-February-28 (age 25)

Son of Robert Ethelbert and Maud Cunningham Hale, of North Vancouver, British Columbia.

Home: Lemsford, Saskatchewan

Service
RAF

Unit
82 Sqn- Squadron

Rank

Pilot Officer

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
Pilot

Service Numbers
42219

82 Squadron (Super Omnia Ubique). Eleven out of twelve Blenheim aircraft were shot down by enemy ME-109 fighter aircraft during a daylight raid on the aerodrome at Aalborg, Denmark. The following members of the RAF were also killed in this operation; Sergeants G.C. Ankers, A.S. Beeby, A.E. Boland, G. Davies, T.E. Girvan, A.F. Morrison, K.W. Neaverson, R.G. Oliver, A.H. Patchett, E.V. Turner, K.V. Turner, L.R. Youngs, P/Os T.J. Cranidge, M.H. Gillingham, E.R. Hale, D.A. Parfitt, C.W. Wigley, Squadron Leader N.C. Jones, W/C. E.C. De.V. Lart, and FS G.P. Moore. The 12th aircraft had turned back because of engine trouble and heavy flak damage. Very little damaged was done to the target as very few aircraft managed to reach it. Out of 33 aircrew lost 21 were killed and 12 were taken Prisoners of War. Pilot Officer Hale had been injured on March 7, 1940 when his aircraft struck an unmarked ammunition dump during landing.

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Blenheim R3821

Pilot Officer Hale, Earl Robert (RAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1940-August-13
Vadum Kirke Denmark

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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CASPIR Aircraft Groups:

RCAF Owned (1) RCAF 400 Squadrons (12) Canadian Crewed (197)

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Lancaster FM213

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Hale, Earl Robert (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1940-August-13

Blenheim R3821

Bristol Blenheim

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Blenheim lV R3821

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