Newsome, Chester Douglas

Killed in Action 1941-11-19

Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Son of Isaac and Florence Newsome, of Brantford, Ontario, Canada.

Home: Brantford, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

18 Sqn- Squadron

Base

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/70069

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18 Squadron (Animo Et Fide) Blenheim IV aircraft V 6060 "U" failed to return from an anti-shipping strike. Two of the crew, not Canadians, missing believed killed. There were three 18 Sqn aircraft lost on this date. Please see Sergeant H. MacAulay for information regarding aircraft V 6492 "P"

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Blenheim V6060

Sergeant Newsome, Chester Douglas (RCAF)
Observer
Killed in Action
1941-November-19
Malta War Memorial, Malta

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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