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Mortimer, Arthur (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-December-20

Birth Date: 1922 (age 20)

Son of Capt. Arthur Mortimer, and Agnes G. Mortimer, of Cumberland, British Columbia.

Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Service
RCAF
Unit
97 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Achieve Your Aim
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Wireless Air Gunner
Service Numbers
R/106236
97 Squadron (Achieve Your Aim). Lancaster aircraft T 5512 crashed in Amsterdam, Holland during ops. over enemy-held territory. Pilot Officer M.A. Harper and three RAF members of the crew were also killed. Two of the crew, not Canadians, missing believed killed. The wreckage of the aircraft was discovered in 1962 during some excavation work in Amsterdam.

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XIX E 11

Lancaster R5512

Avro Lancaster

Avro Lancaster Mk. X RCAF Serial FM 213
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The Avro Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to the same specification, as well as the Short Stirling, all three aircraft being four-engined heavy bombers adopted by the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the same wartime era.

The Lancaster has its origins in the twin-engine Avro Manchester which had been developed during the late 1930s in response to the Air Ministry Specification P.13/36 for a capable medium bomber for "world-wide use". Originally developed as an evolution of the Manchester (which had proved troublesome in service and was retired in 1942), the Lancaster was designed by Roy Chadwick and powered by four Rolls-Royce Merlins and in one version, Bristol Hercules engines. It first saw service with RAF Bomber Command in 1942 and as the strategic bombing offensive over Europe gathered momentum, it was the main aircraft for the night-time bombing campaigns that followed. As increasing numbers of the type were produced, it became the principal heavy bomber used by the RAF, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and squadrons from other Commonwealth and European countries serving within the RAF, overshadowing the Halifax and Stirling. Wikipedia

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last update: 2021-09-18 14:32:33

Lancaster Mk.I R5512

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Delivered to No. 97 Sqn (OF-C) Mar 1942. Missing (crashed near Amsterdam) on operation to Duisburg 20/21 Dec 1942. 359 operational hours. [Robertson gives the aircraft damaged and SOC 21 Dec 1942, which is incompatible with the data in RAF Commands]

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