Gilmour, Ross Mackenzie

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-08-19

Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Son of William and Maggie Gilmour.

Home: Verdun, Quebec

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

51 OTU- Operational Training Unit

Base

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Flight Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/79369

Home
Google MapVerdun, Quebec
First Burial
Google MapKempston Cemetery, Bedfordshire, Uk
51 Operational Training Unit. Blenheim I aircraft L 6623 crashed at the Brogborough Hill Estate, England. One RAF airman was also killed.addendum 2: See page 264. Blenheim aircraft L6623 was on a training flight when it hit a tree shortly after take-off and crashed at the Brogborough Hill Estate, England. Sgt. W.I. McQuarters (RAF) was also killed.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Blenheim L6623

Flight Sergeant Gilmour, Ross Mackenzie (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-August-19
Kempston Cemetery, Bedfordshire, UK

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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