Service Details
Name:
 BLANDY
Given Name:
 ROBERT HENRY PETTIPLACE
Initials:
 R H P
Service No:
 83740
Rank:
 Pilot Officer
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 3 Group
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Date of Death:
 1941-03-15
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Age:
 33
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in Wellington W5644, delivery flight to Malta, shot down by Oblt Muncheberg of 7/JG26 NW of Gozo. He saw the crew getting into a dinghy but they were never found, and were presumed drowned
Additional
Information:
Son of John Carne and Stella Blandy, of Warm Baths, Transvaal, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Surrey
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Cemetery:
 RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 31.

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