Chanler, Peter George Victor

Killed in Action 1941-03-10

Birth Date: 1920

Born:

John A. & Eleanor Barbara Chanler

Home: Toronto, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RAF

Unit

272 (MP) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
On, on!

Base

RAF Aldergrove, Northern Ireland

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Sergeant

Service Numbers

745661

272 Squadron (On on!) RAF Aldergrove, Northern Ireland.

Blenheim Mk IVc Z-5733 XK-K was lost on a convoy patrol, off the North coast of Northern Ireland. It was believed to have been in a mid-air collision with another 272Sqn Blenheim Mk IVc Z-5752 XK-L.Both aircraft and aircrews were lost.

Killed on XK-K includes Chanler:Sergeant William Arthur Newton RAF KIFA Runnymede Memorial Panel 49.Sergeant Harold Kenneth Pass RAF KIFA Runnymede Memorial Panel 50.

Killed in XK-L:Sergeant Denis Ince McWatt RAF KIFA Runnymede Memorial Panel 48.Sergeant James Robert Thompson RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 53.Pilot Officer Arthur Albert Leopold Van Waeyenberghe RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 35.

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Bristol Blenheim

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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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