Young, James Roslyn

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-05-02

Birth Date: 1920

Born:

Son of James Murdoch Young and Edith Young, of Viscount, Saskatchewan.

Home: Viscount, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

13 OTU- Operational Training Unit

Base

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Flight Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/87403

Home
Google MapViscount, Saskatchewan
First Burial
Google MapSt John The Baptist Churchyard, North Luffenham, Rutland, Uk
13 Operational Training Unit. Blenheim aircraft L 9206 was carrying practise bombs when it crashed and burned three miles east of Billesdon, Leicestershire, England. One RAF and one RNZAF airman were also killed.

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Blenheim L9206

Flight Sergeant Young, James Roslyn (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-May-02
St John the Baptist, North Luffenham, Church Street, North Luffenham, Oakham, 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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