Saunders, Arthur Mitchell

Killed in Action 1941-05-18

Birth Date: 1918

Born:

Son of Rensselaer Roy and Elma Charlotte Saunders, of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Home: Calgary, Alberta

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

139 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Si Placet Necamus We destroy at will

Base

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot Officer

Service Numbers

J/3714

Home
Google MapCalgary, Alberta
First Burial
Google MapNorwich Cemetery, Norfolk, Uk
139 Jamaica Squadron (Si Placet Necamus). Blenheim aircraft lost. Two of the crew, not Canadians, were also killed.Addendum: WO. Saunders was not killed in action. Blenheim aircraft L 9413 (XD-D) was on a training flight when it crashed and burst into flames east of Norwich, England. Three RAF members of the crew Cpl. G.A. Acton, Sgt.s RR. Gordon, and R.L Halbert were also killed.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Blenheim L9413

Pilot Officer Saunders, Arthur Mitchell (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1941-May-18
Norwich Cemetery, Norfolk, 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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