Hodges, Robert Bertram

Killed in Action 1943-06-07

Birth Date: 1919-April-09

Born: Fort Frances Ontario

Son of Edgar Bertram and Selina Hodges, of Isabella, Manitoba.

Home: Kamsack, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

283 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Attende et Vigila Be alert and on guard

Base

Rank

Warrant Officer 1st Class

Position

Warrant Officer 1st Class

Service Numbers

R/79680

283 Squadron. BROTHER to Reginald Frederick Hodges. Warrant Officer Hodges was killed by an enemy fighter aircraft that was strafing tents and dropping antipersonnel bombs.

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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