Sweeny, Byron Leslie (Warrant Officer 2nd Class)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-February-14

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Byron Leslie Sweeny RCAF

Birth Date: 1920

Born:

Son of Lloyd Douglas Sweeny and J. Beatrice Sweeny, of Brenton, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.

Home: East Brenton, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

1 OADU- Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit

Base

Rank

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Position

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Service Numbers

R/76204

Final Burial
Google MapMilitary Cemetery
European C of E Plot A Grave 4

Blenheim serial: AZ885

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3602838)
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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