Whidden, Charles Arthur

Died 1941-11-04

Birth Date: 1916-November-15

Born:

Son of Arthur James Whidden and Helene Whidden; husband of Elsie Mabel Whidden, of Lansing, Ontario.

Home: Gretna, Manitoba

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

107 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Nous Y Serons We shall be there

Base

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Flight Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/62018

Home
Google MapGretna, Manitoba
First Burial
Google MapWar Cemetery At Tripoli, Libya
107 Squadron (Nous Y Serons). Blenheim aircraft Z 9663 missing during operations twenty-five miles east of Tripoli on October 11, 1941. FS Whidden was wounded and died of his wounds in the Italian Military Hospital at Busetta, Libya.

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Blenheim Z9663

Flight Sergeant Whidden, Charles Arthur (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Died
1941-November-04
WWII Cemetery, Al Nasr Street, Tripoli, Libya

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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