William Maurice Popplestone Rank: Flight Sergeant Status: Killed in Action 1942-03-26

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Popplestone, William Maurice (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-March-26

Birth Date: 1920 (age 22)

Son of Mrs. R. J. Wallace, of Pilot Mound, Manitoba. Nephew of Mrs. C. J. Zimmerrman, of Pilot Mound.

Home: Pilot Mound, Manitoba

Service
RCAF

Unit
114 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
With Speed I Strike

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Marshal
Air Chief Marshal	A/C/M
Air Marshal	A/M
Air Vice Marshal	A/V/M
Air Commodore	A/C
Group Captain	G/C
Wing Commander	W/C
Squadron Leader	S/L
Flight Lieutenant	F/L
Flying Officer	F/O
Pilot Officer	P/O
Warrant Officer 1st Class	WO1
Warrant Officer 2nd Class	WO2
Flight Sergeant	FS
Sergeant	SGT
Corporal	CPL
Senior Aircraftman	SAC
Leading Aircraftman	LAC
Aircraftman 1st Class	AC1
Aircraftman 2nd Class	AC2

Position
Pilot

Service Numbers
R/80033

114 Hong Kong Squadron (With Speed I Strike). Blenheim aircraft Z 7307 went down in the sea near Holland. Pilot Officer C.E. White (RAF) was also killed. One other RAF member of the crew missing believed killed. Addendum: P/O. W.G.F. Hawkins (RAF) was the other member of the crew killed. The crew were assigned to a night Intruder operation and were shot down in the sea near Holland.

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Home

Pilot Mound, Manitoba

Burial
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Harlingen General Cemetery
Plot E Row 1 Grave 3

Blenheim Z7307

Flight Sergeant Popplestone, William Maurice (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1942-March-26
Harlingen General Cemetery, Friesland, Netherlands

Bristol Blenheim

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3602838)
Bristol 142M Blenheim Mk.V, RAF (Serial No. DJ702).

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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Lancaster FM213

Andrew Mynarski, VC

Popplestone, William Maurice (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-March-26

Blenheim Z7307

Bristol Blenheim

Blenheim Mk. lV Z7307

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