Bettin, Wendelin Bernard

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-08-28

Birth Date: 1916-June-14

Born: Watson Saskatchewan

Son of August Bettin and of Mary Bettin (nee Klimak), of Watson, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Home: Watson, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

11 RS- Radio School (RAF)

Base

RAF Hooton Park

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/139648

Home
Google MapWatson, Saskatchewan
First Burial
Google MapBlacon Cemetery, Chester, Cheshire, Uk

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 KIFASergeant William Frearson WOp-AGK KIFASergeant Douglas Owen Hargreaves RAF, WOp-AG KIFASergeant Wendelin Bernard Bettin RCAF WOp-AF KIFA.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Botha L6202

Sergeant Bettin, Wendelin Bernard (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-August-28
Blacon Cemetery, Chester, Cheshire, UK

Blackburn Botha

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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 The design was underpowered and it was quickly withdrawn from operations.Wikipedia

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