Bye, George Allan

Killed in Action 1941-05-25

Birth Date: 1920-July-11

Born:

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

139 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Si Placet Necamus We destroy at will

Base

RAF Horsham St Faith

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/69632

139 Jamaica Sqn (Si Placet Necamus) RAF Horsham St Faith, Blenheim IV aircraft R 2791 XD-O shot down into the sea on an anti-shipping strike off Holland. It crashed, on fire, into the ship that had shot it down, the flak-ship Sperrbrecher 33 Silvia, which sank as a result of the damage and fire from the crash of R-2791 into the North Sea, 5Km NW of Texel Island. Sergeant GA Bye (RCAF), Sergeant WG Thorneycroft (RAFVR) and Sergeant SB Bransby (RAFVR) were killed and all commemorated on the Runnymede War Memorial (Hans Nauta www.rafcommands.com, aircrewremembered.com)

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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