Wheelwright, William Brian

Killed in Action 1940-08-18

Birth Date: 1920

Born:

Son of Arthur Graham and Sarah Harriet Wheelwright, of Swanage, Dorsetshire.

Home: Carbon, Alberta

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RAF

Unit

218 Sqn- Squadron

Base

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot Officer

Service Numbers

41763

Home
Google MapCarbon, Alberta
First Burial
Google MapAll Saints Churchyard, Long Stanton, Cambridgeshire, Uk
218 Gold Coast Squadron (In Time). Pilot Officer Wheelwright was killed when he returned from ops. and his Blenheim aircraft crashed.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Blenheim L9264

Pilot Officer Wheelwright, William Brian (RAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1940-August-18
All Saint's Churchyard, Long Stanton, Cambridgeshire, 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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