Birth Date: 1921-January-21
Born: Arcola, Saskatchewan
Parents: Son of Frank Bismark Prest and Elsie Victoria Prest, of Winnipeg, Manitoba
Spouse:
Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment Date: 1939-September-01
Service
RAFVR
Unit
44 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
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Base
RAF Waddington
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Observer
Service Numbers
1408408
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Leading Aircraftman Prest originally enlisted in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (P30334) at Winnipeg, Manitoba on the outbreak of the war but transferred to the RAF after arriving overseas
Canadians in the Royal Air Force by Les Allison, page 181
44 Rhodesia Squadron (Fulmina regis lusta) RAF Waddington. Hampden I aircraft AD 939 lost in a mid-air collision with 412 squadron RCAF Spitfire IIa aircraft P 8586 with the loss of all three aircrew members on the Hampden as well as the pilot of the Spitfire
Leading Aircraftman F B Prest (RAFVR) (Can), Pilot Officer P R Owen (RAFVR) and Flight Sergeant D G Forbes (RAFVR) all on Hampton AD 939 as well as Pilot Officer W R Hughes (RCAF) were killed in this flying training accident
The Hampton crashed in fields just off White Lane near RAF Waddington, while the Spitfire crashed into the nearby North Sea
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
Crash of a Handley Page HP 52 Hampton I at RAF Waddington: 3...
44 Rhodesia Squadron (Fulmina regis lusta) RAF Waddington. Hampden I aircraft AD 939 lost in a mid-air collision with 412 squadron RCAF Spitfire IIa aircraft P 8586 with the loss of all three aircrew members on the Hampden as well as the pilot of the Spitfire
Leading Aircraftman F B Prest (RAFVR) (Can), Pilot Officer P R Owen (RAFVR) and Flight Sergeant D G Forbes (RAFVR) all on Hampton AD 939 as well as Pilot Officer W R Hughes (RCAF) were killed in this flying training accident
The Hampton crashed in fields just off White Lane near RAF Waddington, while the Spitfire crashed into the nearby North Sea
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
Crash of a Handley Page HP 52 Hampton I at RAF Waddington: 3...
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