113 Squadron (Velox Et Vindex). Blenheim IV aircraft Z 9598 hit a tree during an army co-operation flight and two of the crew, not Canadians, were also killed. Warrant Officer Peters had been injured on November 15, 1941 during an enemy attack on the aerodrome at Giarabub in the Western Desert.
Peters, Harry Edward (Warrant Officer 1st Class)
Killed in Action 1942-October-11
Birth Date: 1921
Born:
Parents: Son of Martha Browne Peters, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.
Spouse:
Home: Montreal, Quebec
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
113 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Velox Et Vindex Swift and vengeful
Base
Rank
Warrant Officer 1st Class
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/56236
Home
Montreal, Quebec
Temporary Burial
Asansol Government Cemetery, India
Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied
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Blenheim Z9598
Blenheim serial: Z9598
(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3602838)
Bristol 142M Blenheim Mk.V, RAF (Serial No. DJ702).
Bristol 142M Blenheim Mk.V, RAF (Serial No. DJ702).
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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