Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 189 Egypt BLAIKIE, John Smith. Flight Sergeant Blaikie of the Royal Canadian Air Force was the son of Andrew C. Blaikie and Elizabeth Blaikie, of Economy, Colchester Co. He served as a pilot in 610 Squadron RAF. In December 1941 he was temporarily posted to #1 Section Aircraft Delivery, Unit F, in the Middle East. On 27 January 1942 Blaikie was killed when his Hurricane aircraft went into a spin and crashed during an aborted landing attempt. Flight Sergeant Pilot Blaikie is buried in the Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery. DI PERSIO, Querino. Flight Sergeant Querino Di Persio was the son of Rosario and Secondina Di Persio; husband of Mary Di Persio, of North Sydney. He served in the RCAF as a pilot and went to war with 601 Squadron RAF. On 16 July 1942, Flt-Sgt Di Persio was taking off from an airfield in Egypt in Spitfire BR459 when he collided with another plane. Querino died in the resulting crash and was buried in the Alexandria (Chatby) Miliary and War Memorial Cemetery. The Alamein Memorial CANTY, Malcolm Allen. Flight Sergeant Canty of the Royal Canadian Air Force was the son of I. Leslie and Gertrude B. Canty, of Hebron, Yarmouth Co. He went to war with 250 Squadron RAF as a fighter pilot and arrived in the Middle East in November 1941. His Curtiss Tomahawk IIB was shot down during a dog-fight over Tobruk. Flight Sergeant Canty’s body was never recovered. EMBREE, William David McLaren. Warrant Officer II Class Embree, of the RCAF, was the son of Richard Sheldon and Jean R. McLaren Embree, of Port Hawkesbury. He was a bank teller before enlisting and serving as a pilot with 104 Squadron RAF. WO II Embree was killed on 29 October 1942 when his bomber, Wellington II W5478 (a target illuminating bomber), collided with Albacore T9136 at over target. All eight airmen of W578 perished. WO II Embree and his crew have no known graves. MCGRATH, Harold Thomas. Flight-Sergeant McGrath, RCAF, was the son of Joseph Percy and Clara Anne McGrath, of Kentville. He served in 148 Squadron (Special Duty Operations) RAF as a wireless operator/air gunner. He was killed on 19 January 1942 when his Wellington bomber W 5584 was shot down and crashed into the bay about 4 kms south of Eleusis near the port of Piraeus in Greece. MUNRO, Kenneth Robert. Flying Officer Munro, RCAF, was son of Henry H. and Mary E. Oliver Munro, of New Glasgow. Her served as a pilot, in 35 Squadron RAF, conducting minelaying, reconnaissance, bombing and antisubmarine patrols. Kenneth, and his crew, took off on 6 January 1944 on Wellington III MP 679. The bomber failed to return from operations. STEVENS, Bruce Henry Webb. Pilot Officer Webb, RCAF, was an accountant before going to war. He was the son of R. J. and Priscilla Stevens, of Halifax. Pilot Officer Stevens served in 70 Squadron RAF as a wireless operator/air gunner. He was part of the crew of Wellington X HF460 460, which failed to return from operations over the Marshalling Yard at Villa Literno, Italy, on 21 August 1943. WALKER, Douglas Victor. Warrant Officer I Walker was the son of Victor and Viola M. Walker, of Jordan Falls, Shelburne Co. He served as a wireless operator/air gunner with 459 Squadron (Royal Australian Air Force) in Libya. He was killed om 14 February 1944 when his bomber, Lockheed Ventura FP545, was lost on a convoy escort flight. There were no survivors. continued ... continued ...
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