102 (Ceylon) Squadron

Tentate et perficite (Attempt and Achieve)

Wing Commander Sydney Bruce Bintley - DSO AFC

Wing Commander Sydney Bruce Bintley  - 102 Ceylon Squadron
25/03/1942 - Wing Commander Sydney Bruce Bintley, The King, The Queen and Gp Cap Richard Grice, Dalton's station CO.

24/10/1942 DT512 DY-Q Operation to Genoa.

I'll be adding the write up submitted to Chris Goss by Eddie Berry on what happened to W/C Bintley and F/O Graham, but to be honest it was just an awful accident, just dam bad luck.

DY-Q was forced to land at Holme On Spalding Moor, but as it did so it's front tyre burst and it swung off the runway.. sadly the cockpit was sticking out over the runway when F/S Eddie Berry's DY-D came into land, both W/C Bintley and F/O Graham were killed.

W/Co Sydney Bruce Bintley DSO AFC Pilot - Aged 29 - (C.W.G.C.)
G/C Edward John Corbally RAF (Passenger) - Uninj
Sgt K White - Uninj
F/Sgt J A T Simpson - Uninj
F/O V B Davies - Uninj
Sgt R P Long - Uninj
F/Lt Arthur James Graham RCAF - AG - Aged 23 - (C.W.G.C.)
F/Sgt G Richmond - Uninj

Wing Commander Sydney Bruce Bintley  - 102 Ceylon Squadron
24/10/1942 - Wing Commander Bintley's aircraft in the foreground, F/S Berry's kite in the background.

 

Wing Commander Sydney Bruce Bintley  - 102 Ceylon Squadron
Wing Commander Bintley

 

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