Birth Date: 1916
Born:
Home: Guelph, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RAF
Unit
70 OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF)
Base
RAF Nakuru, Kenya
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Flying Officer
Service Numbers
42325
Guelph, Ontario
Training Flight
70 Operational Training Unit, Blenheim IV aircraft V 5576 was in a mid-air collision with Blenheim Z 6430 at Nakuru, Kenya. Blenheim V 5576 crashed and burned but Blenheim Z 6430 survived the collision and was repaired
Flying Officer TA Darling (RAF)(Can) and Sergeant MH Genney (RAFVR) were killed on Blenheim V 5576
Flying Officer Darling was an instructor and had completed his first tour of operations in 1940 - 1941
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
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.findagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
Bristol Blenheim Bomber
Bristol Blenheim
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