New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
13 Operational Training Unit. Blenheim aircraft L 9383 had the starboard engine cut out after takeoff and then crashed at Bicester, England. Sergeant R.D. Smith (RAF) was also killed. In September of 1941 FS Schrader had been forced to bail out of his aircraft after it had struck a balloon cable.
Schrader, George Howard (Flight Sergeant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1941-12-10
Birth Date: 1920
Born:
Son of George and Dorothy Schrader, of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Home: New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RCAF
Unit
13 OTU- Operational Training Unit
Base
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Position
Flight Sergeant
Service Numbers
R/65147
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Bristol Blenheim
(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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