Hunter, Robert Wright

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-04-08

Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Son of William H. Hunter and Mabel Faith (ne Wright) Hunter, of Varney, Ontario.

Home: Varney, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

3 PRC- Personnel Reception Centre

Base

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/84448

Home
Google MapVarney, Ontario
First Burial
Google MapSt Martin's New Burial Ground, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
3 Personnel Reception Center, Bournemouth, England. Sergeant Hunter was a passenger on 60 O.T.U. Blenheim aircraft Z 5871 which crashed one half mile south-west of Long Yester, Scotland. Sergeant S.B. Moffitt was also killed.addendum 2: See page 345. Sgt. Hunter was not killed in action, he was killed on a routine flight. Detail provided by A. E. Barnard, Burlington, On.

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Blenheim Z5871

Sergeant Hunter, Robert Wright (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-April-08
St Martins Cemetery, Whittingehame Drive, Haddington, UK

Sergeant Moffitt, Stuart Bruce (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-April-08
St Martins Cemetery, Whittingehame Drive, Haddington, 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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