Birth Date: 1916-August-16
Born: Okotoks, Alberta
James Herbert & Henrietta Dorothy Carr, of Okotoko, Alberta.
Home: Okotoks, Alberta
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RCAF
Unit
70 (B) OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF)
Base
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Flying Officer
Service Numbers
J/9364
Prev: R/103680
Okotoks, Alberta
1943-01-06 Flying Officer Carr died of his injuries resulting from the crash of his Blenheim aircraft BA-243 when it crashed south of the aerodrome at Nakuru, Nigeria.
Killed: Flying Officer Francis Herbert Carr RCAF J/9364//R103680 died of his injuries resulting from a training crash at Nakura Aerodrome.
The rest of his crew were uninjured: Flying Officer C F Strutt RCAF Sergeant W B Nesbitt RCAF Sergeant J A Ross RAF
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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