Mills, Adam Francis Hirst
Prisoner of War 1941-08-12

Birth Date: unkown date
Born:
Home: Calgary, Alberta
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RCAF
Unit
18 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Animo Et Fide With courage and faith
Base
Rank
Squadron Leader
Position
Squadron Leader
Service Numbers
J/3729
PoW: 3706
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Target

Took off from Horsham St Faiths at 09:25 in Blenheim Mk IV (Sqn code: WV-V Bomber Command) for an operation against the Knapsack power station at Hürth in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and had to ditch off the Dutch coast
The crew survived and were taken POW;Pilot Officer Adam Francis Hirst Mills RCAF J/3729 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria.Sergeant Leslie Charles Mitchell RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus.Pilot Officer William Arthur Staniland RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria.
Bristol Blenheim

Bristol 142M Blenheim Mk.V, RAF (Serial No. DJ702).
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