Blackburn, Stanley (Pilot Officer)
Killed in Flying Accident 1944-April-11
Birth Date: 1921
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Parents: Son of Norman and Eleanore Blackburn
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Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAF
Unit
45 Group (RAF)
Base
RAF Nassau, Bahamas
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Pilot/1st Officer
Service Numbers
55647
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Marauder HD419
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Mission
Marauder Mk. III HD419
Ferry Flight 1944-April-11 to 1944-April-11
45 () Group (RAF) Nassau, Bahamas
45 Group Transport Command (113 South Atlantic Wing), Nassau, Bahamas
Marauder aircraft HD 419 crashed at Atkinson Field, Georgetown, British Guyana after an engine cut out on take-off for a trans-Atlantic crossing, killing the entire crew
Flying Officer RF Stubner (RCAF), Flying Officer KF Probert (RCAF), Pilot Officer S Blackburn (RAF) and Canadian Civilian Pilot Captain HC Weiben were all killed in this flying accident
Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie page 323
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Marauder serial: HD419
(IWM Photo, CM5001)(Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page)
Martin Marauder Mk. I, RAF (Serial No. FK375), coded D, "Dominion Revenge", No. 14 Squadron, based at Fayid, Egypt, 28 Dec 1942. This aircraft was lost during a torpedo attack off Aghios Giorgios Island on 3 Jan 1943.
Martin Marauder Mk. I, RAF (Serial No. FK375), coded D, "Dominion Revenge", No. 14 Squadron, based at Fayid, Egypt, 28 Dec 1942. This aircraft was lost during a torpedo attack off Aghios Giorgios Island on 3 Jan 1943.
Martin B-26 Marauder Mk. I, IA, II, III, RAF. Only two RAF squadrons were equipped with the Marauder, both in the Desert Air Force, and only one Marauder squadron was ever active at any one time. The RAF received three B-26As for evaluation in the summer of 1942 and decided to adopt the type for tactical work in North Africa. Forty eight Marauder Is and IAs already allocated under lend lease were sent directly to the Middle East, where they were used by No.14 Squadron.
In RAF and Commonwealth service the B-26A was known as the Marauder Mk. I, the B-26B as the Marauder Mk. IA. A total of 52 Mk Is and IAs were received. The 250 B-26Fs delivered were known as the Marauder Mk. II and the 150 B-26Gs became the Marauder Mk. III. The Mk. I/IA and Mk. III were flown by the RAF while the South African Air Force (SAAF) received the Mk. II and Mk. III.
The only RAF squadrons to use the Marauder were Nos. 14 and 39 Squadrons of the Desert Air Force. No.14 was the first to receive the type in August 1942. Operations began on 28 October 1942 and the squadron used its Marauders for bombing, mine laying and shipping reconnaissance. In March 1943 the squadron moved to Algeria, where it began flying anti-submarine patrols. These continued after the squadron moved to Sardinia in June 43, and the last Marauder mission was flown on 21 September 1944, just before the squadron returned to the UK to convert to the Wellington.
No. 39 Squadron RAF acquired Marauders in December 1944, but the first Marauder mission wasn't flown until 7 February 1945. The squadron carried out shipping strikes along the French, Italian and Balkan coasts, alongside night intruder missions, and retained the Marauder until October 1945 when it moved to the Sudan. Harold Skaarup web page
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