East Brenton, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia
Aircraft Delivery Unit. Blenheim aircraft had an engine fail, went into a spin then crashed and burned at lbadan. Two airmen, not Canadians, were also killed.
Sweeny, Byron Leslie (Warrant Officer 2nd Class)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-February-14
Birth Date: 1920
Born:
Parents: Son of Lloyd Douglas Sweeny and J. Beatrice Sweeny, of Brenton, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.
Spouse:
Home: East Brenton, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
1 OADU- Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit
Base
Rank
Warrant Officer 2nd Class
Position
Wireless Air Gunner
Service Numbers
R/76204
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Blenheim AZ885
Blenheim serial: AZ885
(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
Bristol Blenheim Bomber
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