Birth Date: unkown date
Born:
Home: Ottawa, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RAF
Unit
21 (MB) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Viribus Vincimus By strength with conquer
Base
RAF Manston
Rank
Squadron Leader
Position
Squadron Leader
Service Numbers
41253
PoW: 3655
Ottawa, Ontario
Anti Shipping
Took off from Manston at 14:00 in Blenheim Mark IV (Sqn code: YH-D Bomber Command) on an anti-shipping operation on the Belgian coast.
Aircraft was shot down off Oostende Belgium by a flak ship.
POWs includes Campbell-Rogers:Sergeant David Edward Bingham RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus.
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
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
Bristol Blenheim Bomber
Bristol Blenheim
Harold A Skaarup Web Page