BREMNER, DAVID ALEXANDER EDWARD SGT(P) R71701. From Tillsonburg, Ontario. Killed Oct 23/41 age 21. #131 Squadron (Invicta). Sgt Bremner was killed when Spitfire aircraft #P 8546 crashed at Tryddyn, Wales. Sergeant Pilot Bremner is buried in the St. Eata Churchyard, Atcharn, Shropshire, England. BREMNER, JOHN DONALD FS(N) R157928. From Bralorne, British Columbia. Killed in Action… Read More
BOOTSMA, DONALD HILL P/O(P) J15775//R109323, From St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. Killed in Action Jun 11/42 age 29. #77 Squadron (Esse Potius Quam Videri). Addendum: – The squadron was attached to Coastal Command at Chivenor when Whitley aircraft # Z 9477-G went down in the Bay of Biscay during an anti-submarine patrol. There were only six… Read More
Read in seven (7) columns: squadron/date/Aircrew name(s)/Rank/Affiliation/Destroyed/Damaged/Probable/Additional Details and Source(s) 41 Sqn 17-Oct-39 Blatchford, H.P. F/L RAFCAN He-111 (S) X – 20 – 30 miles East of Whitby – United Kingdom – Into the sea – (Shores) – 1 Sqn 23-Nov-39 Brown, M.H. F/L RAFCAN Do-17 (S) X – From 4 (F)/ 122 – Le… Read More
411 (RCAF) Sqn 4-Jan-44 Orr, R.W. F/L RCAF Me-109 X – West of Rouen – France in Spitfire MJ 229 (Shores) 122 Sqn 6-Jan-44 Stephens, D.R. F/O RAFCAN Fw-190 X – South of the Somme Estuary – France in Spitfire MH 875 (Shores) – 401 (RCAF) Sqn 6-Jan-44 Hamilton, H.K. F/O RCAF Fw-190 X –… Read More
41 Sqn 17-Oct-39 Blatchford, H.P. F/L RAFCAN He-111 (S) X – 20 – 30 miles East of Whitby – United Kingdom – Into the sea – (Shores) – 1 Sqn 23-Nov-39 Brown, M.H. F/L RAFCAN Do-17 (S) X – From 4 (F)/ 122 – Le Cateau – France In Hurricane L 1971 (Shores) – 1/2… Read More
The RCAF Association acknowledges the research done by the renowned RCAF historian, Hugh Halliday, in compiling the information presented below as well as The Battle of Britain London Monument Website. These are the 117 Canadians who fought in the Battle of Britain 10 July-31 October 1940: 90128 Flight Lieutenant (F/Lt) John William Maxwell “Max” AITKEN,… Read More
