Bettin, Wendelin Bernard (Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-August-28

Sergeant Wendelin Bernard Bettin RCAF

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
Final Burial
Google MapBlacon Cemetery
Sec A Grave 724

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.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Botha serial: L6202

Image from the Charles Daniels Photo Collection album "British Aircraft." SOURCE INSTITUTION: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive

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 The design was underpowered and it was quickly withdrawn from operations.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

Wikipedia Wikipedia Blacburn Botha

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