Dunham, William Matthie Gillam

Killed in Action 1941-07-23

Birth Date: 1917-July-01

Born: Calgary Alberta

Son of James Rochester Dunham and Victoria Muriel Dunham, of Red Deer, Alberta.

Home: Red Deer, Alberta

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

18 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Animo Et Fide With courage and faith

Base

RAF Wyton

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/60299

18 Squadron (Animo Et Fide). Blenheim aircraft R 3666 failed to return from a bombing mission against enemy shipping off Holland. Two of the crew, not Canadians, missing believed killed.

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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