Bartley, Leonard Lawrence
Prisoner of War 1941-06-06
Birth Date: unkown date
Born:
Home: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RAF
Unit
112 (F) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Swift In Destruction
Base
RAF Helwan, Egypt
Rank
Flt. Lieutenant
Position
Flt. Lieutenant
Service Numbers
42182
Target
Fighter Defence Force Crete
Some 70 Officers and Other Ranks evacuated Crete in a Motorised Landing Craft on 1941-06-02, with the intension of sailing to Mersa Matruh. About 30 miles out of Crete, the MLC was captured by an Italian submarine, the allied officers were taken onto the submarine and eventually landed at Taranto.
Later sent to Sulmoma POW Camp, Greece. After various unsuccessful tunnel escapes, he took part in the mass escape on 1943-09-12. He eventually reached British lines 1943-09-27
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Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Gloster Gladiator
Gloster Gladiator Mk. I (Serial No. N5903), Reg. No. G-GLAD, The Fighter Collection, Duxford, Cambridgeshire.
The Gloster Gladiator is a British-built biplane fighter. It was used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) (as the Sea Gladiator variant) and was exported to a number of other air forces during the late 1930s.
Developed privately as the Gloster SS.37, it was the RAF's last biplane fighter aircraft, and was rendered obsolete by newer monoplane designs even as it was being introduced. Though often pitted against more formidable foes during the early days of the Second World War, it acquitted itself reasonably well in combat.
The Gladiator saw action in almost all theatres during the Second World War, with a large number of air forces, some of them on the Axis side. The RAF used it in France, Norway, Greece, the defence of Malta, the Middle East, and the brief Anglo-Iraqi War (during which the Royal Iraqi Air Force was similarly equipped). Other countries deploying the Gladiator included China against Japan, beginning in 1938; Finland (along with Swedish volunteers) against the Soviet Union in the Winter War and the Continuation War; Sweden as a neutral noncombatant (although Swedish volunteers fought for Finland against USSR as stated above); and Norway, Belgium, and Greece resisting Axis invasion of their respective lands.Wikipedia
Gladiator Fighter
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