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Service
RAFVR
Unit
113 (T) FU- Ferry Unit (RAF)
Base
Nassau, Bahamas, 45 Group, Transport Command
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Navigator
Service Numbers
151855
Aircraft lost out of Zandery Field, Surinam. Specifics of loss not found.
Crew listed on the Ottawa Memorial: Pilot Officer David William Whiffen RAF pilot KIA Flying Officer Ronald Thomas Cochrane RAF KIA Flying Officer John Richard HUTCHINS RAAF KIA.
45 Group Transport Command (113 Ferry Wing) Nassau, Bahamas. Baltimore aircraft FW 693 was lost out of Zandery Airfield, Surinam during a Southern trans-Atlantic ferry flight with the loss of the entire three man crew, cause unknown
Ocean Bridge, the History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie, page 322
The Martin 187 Baltimore was a twin-engined light attack bomber built by the Glenn L. Martin Company in the United States as the A-30. The model was originally ordered by the French in May 1940 as a follow-up to the earlier Martin Maryland, then in service in France. With the fall of France, the production series was diverted to Great Britain and after mid-1941, supplied by the U.S. as Lend Lease equipment.
Development of the Baltimore was hindered by a series of problems, although the type eventually became a versatile combat aircraft. Produced in large numbers, the Baltimore was not used operationally by United States armed forces but eventually served with the British, Canadian, Australian, South African, Hellenic and the Italian air forces. it was subsequently used almost exclusively in the Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II. Wikipedia
Ottawa War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.findagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
[Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database]...
Wikipedia Martin Baltimore Bomber
Martin Baltimore Bomber