L'Hirondelle, Patrick Bernard

Killed in Action 1942-06-02

Birth Date: 1922

Born:

Home: Slave Lake, Alberta

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

12 OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF)

Base

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Flight Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/61124

Home
Google MapSlave Lake, Alberta
First Burial
Google MapMilitary Cemetery, Cologne, Germany
Re-Burial
Google MapSoldaten Friedhof Alliierte Piloten 2WK
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114 Hong Kong Squadron (With Speed I Strike). Blenheim IV aircraft R 3620 was carrying bombs when it went down over Germany. Sgt. H. Meakin (RAF) was also killed. One other member of the crew, not Canadian, missing believed killed.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Blenheim R3620

Flight Sergeant L'Hirondelle, Patrick Bernard (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1942-June-02
Soldaten Friedhof Alliierte Piloten 2WK, Am Englischen Friedhof, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany

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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