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F/O Benedikt Blatny

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F/O Benedikt Blatny

Birth
Death
8 Jul 1943
Burial
Moose Jaw, Moose Jaw Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada Add to Map
Plot
Lot 8. Block 10. Grave 236.
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Service No. 118740
United Kingdom
Flying Officer
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
World War II
Age: unknown
Awards: DFM
Additonal info: of Czechoslovakia
Commonwealth War Dead

F/O Benedikt Blatný DFM and P/O George Moffat Urwin were attached to No. 32 Service Flying Training School and died when their Oxford Mk I aircraft AS625 collided mid-air with another plane AS229, possibly due to both pilots being blinded by the sun. Both crew members of AS229, LAC Svatopluk Maly and LAC Alfred Charles Channon were also killed.
Service No. 118740
United Kingdom
Flying Officer
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
World War II
Age: unknown
Awards: DFM
Additonal info: of Czechoslovakia
Commonwealth War Dead

F/O Benedikt Blatný DFM and P/O George Moffat Urwin were attached to No. 32 Service Flying Training School and died when their Oxford Mk I aircraft AS625 collided mid-air with another plane AS229, possibly due to both pilots being blinded by the sun. Both crew members of AS229, LAC Svatopluk Maly and LAC Alfred Charles Channon were also killed.

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  • Created by: Milou
  • Added: Nov 8, 2008
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31240384/benedikt-blatny: accessed ), memorial page for F/O Benedikt Blatny (unknown–8 Jul 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31240384, citing Rosedale Cemetery, Moose Jaw, Moose Jaw Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada; Maintained by Milou (contributor 46858724).