Best, Alec Patrick

Killed in Action 1941-06-30

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Birth Date: 1911

Born:

Home: Killam, Alberta

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RAFVR

Unit

608 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Omnibus Ungulis With all talons

Base

RAF Thornaby

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Flight Sergeant

Service Numbers

937721

Home
Google MapKillam, Alberta
First Burial
Google MapRunnymede War Memorial, Engfield Green, Egham, Surrey, Uk
608 Squadron (Omnibus Ungulis) Blenheim IV Z5982 UL-U ditched while on an ASR search, cause unknown. Flight Sergeant AP Best (RAFVR)(Can), Pilot Officer Sir Iain W MacRobert (RAFVR), Sergeant H Hillwood (RAFVR) and Flying Officer RK Keating (RAFVR)(NZ) missing, believed killed and have no known graves. Pilot Officer MacRobert was one of 2 brothers lost in service in the RAF (and a third in a pre-war flying accident). His mother, Lady MacRobert, later donated several aircraft, a Stirling bomber and four Hurricanes to the RAF, including a Hurricane named "Sir Iain".

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

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Blenheim Z5982

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Flight Sergeant Best, Alec Patrick (RAFVR)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1941-June-30
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, 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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