Keating, Rowland Keith (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1941-June-30

Male Head

Birth Date: 1909-December-19

Born: Christchurch, New Zealand

Parents: Arthur Oscar and Mary Keating

Spouse: Edna Keating, Wanganui East, NZ

Home: New Zealand House, London, England

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Decorations: MiD

Mentioned in Dispatches

Service

RAF

Unit

608 (MB) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Omnibus Ungulis With all talons

Base

RAF Thornaby

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Service Numbers

76320

Blenheim serial: Z5982

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3602838)
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

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