Birth Date: 1916-June-14
Born: Watson Saskatchewan
Parents: Son of August Bettin and of Mary Bettin (nee Klimak), of Watson, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Spouse:
Home: Watson, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
11 RS- Radio School (RAF)
Base
RAF Hooton Park
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Wireless Air Gunner
Service Numbers
R/139648
Watson, Saskatchewan
11 RS. Sergeant Bettin was killed when Botha aircraft L 6202 was in a flying accident. The aircraft entered cloud off the North Wales coast and without the pilot realising flew inland and struck the western side of Llwytmor above Aber Falls.
Crew, all killed in crash: Sergeant George Markham Heppinstall RAF, Pilot KIFA Sergeant William Frearson WOp-AGK KIFA Sergeant Douglas Owen Hargreaves RAF, WOp-AG KIFA Sergeant Wendelin Bernard Bettin RCAF WOp-AF KIFA.
The Blackburn B.26 Botha was a British four-seat reconnaissance and torpedo bomber. It was built by Blackburn Aircraft at its factories at Brough and Dumbarton, as a competitor to the Bristol Beaufort, entering service with the RAF in 1939. The design was underpowered and it was quickly withdrawn from operations. Wikipedia
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