Nies, Robert Edgar

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-03-08

Birth Date: 1920

Born:

Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Nies, of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Home: Calgary, Alberta

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

5 AOS- Air Observer School (RAF)

Base

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/60575

Home
Google MapCalgary, Alberta
First Burial
Google MapRunnymede Memorial, Surrey, Uk
5 Air Observer School, Jurby. The crew of Blenheim aircraft Z 6363 missing after leaving Jurby on a navigation exercise. Three RAF airmen missing believed killed.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Blenheim Z6363

Sergeant Nies, Robert Edgar (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-March-08
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

YouTube Bristol Blenheim Bomber

Wikipedia Bristol Blenheim

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