Hicks, Alastair David Seacome

Killed in Action 1941-05-07

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Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Home: North Vancouver, British Columbia

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RAF

Unit

1 CACU- Coastal Artillery Cooperation Unit

Base

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Flying Officer

Service Numbers

40911

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First Burial
Google MapRunnymede Memorial Surrey, Uk
1 CACU (Coastal Artillery Co-Operation Unit) Blenheim IV aircraft Z 5758 shot down off Cap Gris Nez by enemy fighters while spotting for coastal guns. Sergeant C.V.R. Scott (RAF), Sergeant R.C. Livings (RAF) killed, Flying Officer A.D.S. Hicks (RAF) (Can), and Flight Sergeant J.M.M. MacDonald (RAF) missing, may have also been lost in this incident (R. McNeill & D. Burke, www.rafcommands.com).

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Blenheim Z5758

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Flying Officer Hicks, Alastair David Seacome (RAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1941-May-07
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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