Sceales, Leslie Bramah

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-04-08

Birth Date: 1915

Born:

Son of James and Helen Bramah Sceales; husband of Gladys E. Sceales, of Montreal, Quebec.

Home: Calgary, Alberta

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

42 OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF)

Base

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot Officer

Service Numbers

J/1607

42 Operational Training Unit. Blenheim aircraft V5720 crashed and burned north of Basingstoke, Hampshire. FS W.J. Stevenson was also killed. Pilot Officer Sceales had been a Flight Lieutenant wireless instructor at 4 Training Command, Regina, Saskatchewan and remustered to aircrew.

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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