Whiffin, David William (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-February-22

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Birth Date: 1922

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Parents: Son of Gaius William and Margaret Ella Whiffin

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

45 Group (RAF)

Base

Nassau, Bahamas

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

158101

Memorial Location
Google MapOttawa War Memorial
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Mission

Baltimore Mk. V FW693

Ferry Flight 1944-February-22 to 1944-February-22

45 (T) Group (RAF) Nassau, Bahamas

45 Group Transport Command (113 Ferry Wing) Nassau, Bahamas. Baltimore aircraft FW 693 was lost out of Zandery Airfield, Surinam during a Southern trans-Atlantic ferry flight with the loss of the entire three man crew, cause unknown

Ocean Bridge, the History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie, page 322

Unvetted Source [Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database]...

Baltimore serial: FW693

A Royal Air Force Martin Baltimore IV/V bomber. Most aircraft were delivered to Commonwealth countries, a few were kept in the U.S. under the USAAF designation A-30.
USAAF - Official U.S. Air Force photo 051122-F-1234P-023

The Martin 187 Baltimore was a twin-engined light attack bomber built by the Glenn L. Martin Company in the United States as the A-30. The model was originally ordered by the French in May 1940 as a follow-up to the earlier Martin Maryland, then in service in France. With the fall of France, the production series was diverted to Great Britain and after mid-1941, supplied by the U.S. as Lend Lease equipment.

Development of the Baltimore was hindered by a series of problems, although the type eventually became a versatile combat aircraft. Produced in large numbers, the Baltimore was not used operationally by United States armed forces but eventually served with the British, Canadian, Australian, South African, Hellenic and the Italian air forces. it was subsequently used almost exclusively in the Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II. Wikipedia

Wikipedia Wikipedia Martin Baltimore Bomber

Unvetted Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page

YouTube Martin Baltimore Bomber

Unit Desciption

45 Group ()

No. 45 (Atlantic Ferry) Group, Royal Air Force Transport Command, headquarters at Dorval (Montreal, Canada): RAF Ferry Command reduced to group status on 25 March 1943 when Transport Command was created (Wikipedia, RAF Ferry Command; RAF Transport Command). Its main task was the ferrying of US and Canadian built aircraft across the Atlantic; it also ran transatlantic passenger and freight services. It became No. 45 Wing for a short time before disbanding in 1946.