1941 Sept Quarter death registration-
Name: Blades, William H.---Age: 21
District: Deben (Volume & Page: 4a & 1833)
115 Squadron's Vickers Wellington (#D9826) aircraft with an aircrew of six, which had taken flight from RAF Marham in Norfolk on an air operation over Mannheim, Germany, was shot down by a German fighter aircraft and crashed near Martlesham Heath in Suffolk, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in that crash were-
RCAF Sergeant William Henry BLADES,
RCAF Flight Sergeant John William BOYCE,
RAFVR Sergeant Francis James McGAW,
RAF Flight Sergeant Alfred FORSE,
RAFVR Sergeant Wilfred John COWELL and
RAFVR Sergeant John Kemp MURDOCH.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Number: R/60725
Age: 21
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 115 (RAF) Squadron (MOTTO: 'Despite The Elements'), RAF Marham, Norfolk
Son of James and Emily Blades of Delburne, Alberta, Canada.
Sergeant William Henry Blades is commemorated on Page 24 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Name: Blades, William H.---Age: 21
District: Deben (Volume & Page: 4a & 1833)
115 Squadron's Vickers Wellington (#D9826) aircraft with an aircrew of six, which had taken flight from RAF Marham in Norfolk on an air operation over Mannheim, Germany, was shot down by a German fighter aircraft and crashed near Martlesham Heath in Suffolk, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in that crash were-
RCAF Sergeant William Henry BLADES,
RCAF Flight Sergeant John William BOYCE,
RAFVR Sergeant Francis James McGAW,
RAF Flight Sergeant Alfred FORSE,
RAFVR Sergeant Wilfred John COWELL and
RAFVR Sergeant John Kemp MURDOCH.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Number: R/60725
Age: 21
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 115 (RAF) Squadron (MOTTO: 'Despite The Elements'), RAF Marham, Norfolk
Son of James and Emily Blades of Delburne, Alberta, Canada.
Sergeant William Henry Blades is commemorated on Page 24 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
1941 Sept Quarter death registration-
Name: Blades, William H.---Age: 21
District: Deben (Volume & Page: 4a & 1833)
115 Squadron's Vickers Wellington (#D9826) aircraft with an aircrew of six, which had taken flight from RAF Marham in Norfolk on an air operation over Mannheim, Germany, was shot down by a German fighter aircraft and crashed near Martlesham Heath in Suffolk, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in that crash were-
RCAF Sergeant William Henry BLADES,
RCAF Flight Sergeant John William BOYCE,
RAFVR Sergeant Francis James McGAW,
RAF Flight Sergeant Alfred FORSE,
RAFVR Sergeant Wilfred John COWELL and
RAFVR Sergeant John Kemp MURDOCH.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Number: R/60725
Age: 21
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 115 (RAF) Squadron (MOTTO: 'Despite The Elements'), RAF Marham, Norfolk
Son of James and Emily Blades of Delburne, Alberta, Canada.
Sergeant William Henry Blades is commemorated on Page 24 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Name: Blades, William H.---Age: 21
District: Deben (Volume & Page: 4a & 1833)
115 Squadron's Vickers Wellington (#D9826) aircraft with an aircrew of six, which had taken flight from RAF Marham in Norfolk on an air operation over Mannheim, Germany, was shot down by a German fighter aircraft and crashed near Martlesham Heath in Suffolk, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in that crash were-
RCAF Sergeant William Henry BLADES,
RCAF Flight Sergeant John William BOYCE,
RAFVR Sergeant Francis James McGAW,
RAF Flight Sergeant Alfred FORSE,
RAFVR Sergeant Wilfred John COWELL and
RAFVR Sergeant John Kemp MURDOCH.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Number: R/60725
Age: 21
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 115 (RAF) Squadron (MOTTO: 'Despite The Elements'), RAF Marham, Norfolk
Son of James and Emily Blades of Delburne, Alberta, Canada.
Sergeant William Henry Blades is commemorated on Page 24 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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THE LORD GAVE
AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY
BLESSED
BE THE NAME OF THE LORD.
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