McTavish, Alastair Fraser

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-03-30

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Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Son of Alexander and Evangeline Mary Hoss of Vancouver, British Columbia. Brother of Graeme Hay and Malcolm Fraser.

Home: Vancouver, British Columbia

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

42 OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF)

Base

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot Officer

Service Numbers

J/8174

Home
Google MapVancouver, British Columbia
First Burial
Google MapAndover Cemetery, Hampshire, Uk
42 Operational Training Unit. Blenheim aircraft V 5572 had the port engine cut out and the aircraft crashed one and one half miles west of the aerodrome at Andover. Sergeant R.C. Hunter (RNZAF) and one RAF crew member were also killed.

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Blenheim V5572

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Pilot Officer McTavish, Alastair Fraser (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-March-30
Andover Cemetery, Andover, Hampshire, 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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