Drysdale, Robert Elmer

Killed in Action 1942-02-12

Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Son of Alexander and Mary Blanche Drysdale, of Perth, Ontario, Canada.

Home: Perth, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

114 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
With Speed I Strike

Base

RAF West Raynham

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot Officer

Service Numbers

J/5792

Home
Google MapPerth, Ontario
First Burial
Google MapVlissingen Northern Cemetery, Flushing, Netherlands
114 Hong Kong Squadron (With Speed I Strike). Blenheim aircraft T 1922 lost during operations over enemy territory. Two RAF crew members, Sgts. Maynard and Pullen, missing believed killed.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Blenheim T1922

Pilot Officer Drysdale, Robert Elmer (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1942-February-12
CWGC Begraafplaats, Vlissingen, Netherlands

Bristol Blenheim

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3602838)
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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