Lloyd, W D

Interned Prisoner 1942-11-17

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Birth Date: unkown date

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Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RAF

Unit

1 (Ferry) OADU- Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit (RAF)

Base

Portreath

Rank

Position

Sergeant

Service Numbers

On November 17, 1942, Pilot Officer DG Fraser (RCAF), Sergeant HS Machan (RAF), and Sergeant WD Lloyd (RAF) made a forced landing in 1 Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit Blenheim V aircraft BA 807 (13 Sqn RAF) at Mazarron, Murcia, Spain during a ferry flight from Portreath, England to Gibraltar in support of the TORCH landings in North Africa. The complete crew were interned, unhurt, at Albacete, Spain and were released to Gibraltar on January 15, 1943

Blenheim BA807

Flying Officer Fraser, Douglas Gordon (RCAF)
Pilot
Interned Prisoner
1942-November-17
cemetery unknown

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Lloyd, W D (RAF)
Navigator
Interned Prisoner
1942-November-17
cemetery unknown

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Machon, H S (RAF)
Wireless Operator
Interned Prisoner
1942-November-17
cemetery unknown

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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