James Francis Haley Rank: Pilot Officer Status: Killed in Flying Accident 1942-07-21

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Haley, James Francis (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-July-21

Birth Date: 1916-March-23 (age 26)

Born: St John New Brunswick

Son of John Thomas Haley and Violet Beatrice Haley, of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.

Home: St John, New Brunswick

Service
RCAF

Unit
4 AOS- Air Observer School (RAF)

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
J/15272

4 Air Observer School, Scotland. Pilot Officer Haley overshot the landing in his Blackburn Botha aircraft L 6355. When he attempted to go around again, the aircraft hit a hangar roof and crashed in the Humber River just off the aerodrome at Brough, Scotland.

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Home

St John, New Brunswick

Burial
Google Map

Stoneykirk Cemetery
Sec C Grave 133

Botha L6355

Pilot Officer Haley, James Francis (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-July-21
Stoneykirk Cemetery, Stoneykirk, Wigtownshire, UK

Blackburn Botha

Image from the Charles Daniels Photo Collection album "British Aircraft." SOURCE INSTITUTION: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive

The Blackburn B.26 Botha was a British four-seat reconnaissance and torpedo bomber. It was built by Blackburn Aircraft at its factories at Brough and Dumbarton, as a competitor to the Bristol Beaufort, entering service with the RAF in 1939. The design was underpowered and it was quickly withdrawn from operations. Wikipedia

Wkikpedia Wikipedia Blacburn Botha

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Canadian Crewed (3)

last update: 2021-09-21 11:30:50

Griffin Library, 17 Wing Winnipeg

Lancaster FM213

Andrew Mynarski, VC

Haley, James Francis (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-July-21

Botha L6355

Blackburn Botha

CASPIR Aircraft Groups:

Botha L6355

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