Milbury, Francis Arthur Robert

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-05-20

Birth Date: 1922

Born:

Son of Morley Charles and Mary Elizabeth Milbury, of Centreville, New Brunswick, Canada.

Home: Centreville, New Brunswick

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

45 Group (RAF)

Base

Rank

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Position

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Service Numbers

R/113616

Re-Burial
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45 Group, RAF Ferry Command, Dorval, Quebec. Baltimore aircraft FA 520 crashed at Georgetown, British Guiana. Warrant Officer H.D. Ward was also killed. Warrant Officer Class II Pilot Milbury was buried in the U.S.

Martin Baltimore

A Royal Air Force Martin Baltimore IV/V bomber. Most aircraft were delivered to Commonwealth countries, a few were kept in the U.S. under the USAAF designation A-30.
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The Martin 187 Baltimore was a twin-engined light attack bomber built by the Glenn L. Martin Company in the United States as the A-30. The model was originally ordered by the French in May 1940 as a follow-up to the earlier Martin Maryland, then in service in France. With the fall of France, the production series was diverted to Great Britain and after mid-1941, supplied by the U.S. as Lend Lease equipment.

Development of the Baltimore was hindered by a series of problems, although the type eventually became a versatile combat aircraft. Produced in large numbers, the Baltimore was not used operationally by United States armed forces but eventually served with the British, Canadian, Australian, South African, Hellenic and the Italian air forces. it was subsequently used almost exclusively in the Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II.Wikipedia

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