Birth Date: 1921-July-30
Born:
Parents: Walter Beckett and ?not found?
Spouse:
Home: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
14 (MB) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
I Spread My Wings And Keep My Promise
Base
RAF Algerho, Sardinia
Rank
Warrant Officer 2
Position
Service Numbers
R/66276
PoW: 225709
Blenheim Mk IV failed to return from an operational flight over Fuka area of Egypt, 1942-07-06. Aircraft was shot down by an EA on the return leg after bombing
Killed: Sergeant William John Bartholomew RAF KIA El Alamein War Cemetery Egypt grave XXIX. A. 1.
POWs includes Beckett:
Evader: Squadron Leader A N Pirie RAF Evader.
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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