Gladwin, Francis Edmund (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-June-28

Flight Sergeant Francis Edmund Gladwin RCAF

Birth Date: 1923

Born:

Son of Gilbert Harrison Gladwin and Fanny Leedham Gladwin, of Penticton, British Columbia, Canada.

Home: Penticton, British Columbia

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

22 (B) OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF)

Base

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Flight Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/143186

Final Burial
Google MapBotley Cemetery
Plot I/2 Grave 13
#22 OTU Wellington X HF643 DD-L attempted an emergency down-wind landing following an engine failure on taking off for a navigation exercise, but went out of control and crashed into two #24 OTU Whitley V aircraft (EB350 & EB352), Sergeant W.R. Barclay, Flight Sergeant F.E. Gladwin, Flying Officer P.D. Lidster and Flight Sergeant W.G. Mitchell killed, Sergeant L. Hirst RAF injured.
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