Birth Date: 1920
Born:
Parents: Daniel Child & Lillian Nora Child, of Stanford Bridge, Worcestershire
Spouse:
Home: Vancouver, British Columbia
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAF
Unit
139 (MB) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Si Placet Necamus We destroy at will
Base
Plivot Aerodrome, France
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Numbers
541344
Blenheim Mk IV P-4826 XD-M , failed to return from an operation to strafe German troop columns during the Battle of France, possibly shot down by a German fighter. Lost without trace
Seven of nine aircraft sent on this operation were lost to enemy fighters
Killed: LAC Charles Colby Child RAF (Canadian) KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 22. Sergeant Joseph Belk Keegan RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 16. F/Lt Andrew Wynyard Lee RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 4.
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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Bristol Blenheim Bomber
Bristol Blenheim
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