Pryor, Gerald Cowes

Killed in Action 1941-11-08

Birth Date: 1918-August-05

Born: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Son of John William and Hilda Aikens (ne Cowes) Pryor, of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Brother of Hubert, Keith and Louis.

Home: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Enlistment: Ottawa, Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1940-10-17

Service

RCAF

Unit

18 Sqn- Squadron

Base

Rank

Flight Lieutenant

Position

Flight Lieutenant

Service Numbers

J/4823
Prev: J/3823

18 Squadron (Anima Et Fide). Blenheim aircraft 7895 was shot down whilst attacking an enemy convoy in the Ionian Sea. Two members of the crew, not Canadians, missing believed killed.

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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