Nickleson, John Murray

Killed in Action 1941-09-20

Birth Date: 1922

Born:

Son of James William and Edna Irene Nickleson, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

18 Sqn- Squadron

Base

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Flight Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/69892

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First Burial
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18 Squadron (Animo Et Fide). Blenheim IV aircraft R 3843 was shot down south of Imjuiden, Holland, while on anti-shipping strike. Two members of the crew, not Canadians, missing believed killed.Addendum: , Two RAF members of the crew Sgt.s W. Meadows and J.E. Pearson were also killed.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Blenheim R3843

Flight Sergeant Nickleson, John Murray (RCAF)
Observer
Killed in Action
1941-September-20
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, 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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