Marsden, Raymond

Killed in Action 1943-01-07

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Birth Date: 1920

Born:

Son of Edward and Charlotte Marsden, of Hightown, Liversedge, Yorkshire.

Home: Hightown, Liversedge, Yorkshire, England

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

614 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Codaf I Geisio Welsh

Base

Rank

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Position

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Service Numbers

R/76565

Home
Google MapHightown, Liversedge, Yorkshire, England
First Burial
Google MapAlamein War Memorial, Egypt
614 County of Glamorgan Squadron (Coda I Geisio). Blenheim aircraft BA 731 failed to return from operations. Two of the crew, not Canadians, missing believed killed.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Blenheim BA731

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Warrant Officer 2nd Class Marsden, Raymond (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-January-07
Alamein War Memorial, Egypt

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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