Timothy Clayton Blair

1908 - 1942  (33 years)

• Name	Timothy Clayton Blair
  Born	23 Dec 1908	Mississippi Mills, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Died	24 Jul 1942	Zuid-Holland, Nederland
  	World War II - Plane was shot down Killed in Action
  Buried	Amsterdam De Nieuwe Ooster, Amsterdam, Metropoolregio Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
  Person ID	I17800	Family Tree
  Last Modified	25 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	Timothy Sidney Blair,   b. 22 Feb 1873, Mississippi Mills, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1928  (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Leitch Lindsay,   b. 1874, Mississippi Mills, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1942  (Age 68 years)
  Married	16 Sep 1913	Pakenham, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F4282	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 23 Dec 1908 - Mississippi Mills, Ontario, Canada Died - 24 Jul 1942 - Zuid-Holland, Nederland Buried - - Amsterdam De Nieuwe Ooster, Amsterdam, Metropoolregio Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos » Slide Show		Timothy Blair
  		Family of Timothy Sidney Blair Back row L-R: Lindsay, Gilbert, Sandy and Clayton Blair. Front row from L-R: Alice and Elizabeth Blair (mother)
  		Record: Biography
  		Gilbert & Clayton Blair Two brothers both KIA in WWII

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Record: Military RCAF Attestation Paper Page 1
  		Record: Military RCAF Attestation Paper Page 2
  		Record: Military RCAF Attestation Paper Page 3
  		Record: Military RCAF Attestation Paper Page 4

  
  

  Headstones

  Timothy Blair R.75117 Flight Seargent T.C. Blair Air Gunner Royal Canadian Air Force 24th July 1942 Age 33

  
  

  Census » Slide Show		1911 Canada Census Humboldt, Saskatchewan
  		1916 Canada Census Rural Municipality of Usborne, Saskatchewan
  		1921 Canada Census Humboldt, Saskatchewan

  
  

  Landmarks

  Nieuwe Oosterbegraafplaats de Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

  
  

• Notes

  Timothy was an Air Gunner on Lancaster R5632 of 207 Squadron, which was shot down and crashed in the sea off the coast of Holland on 24th July 1942. The crew had taken off from R.A.F Bottesford on the Lincolnshire-Leicestershire border at 0048 Hrs to bomb Duisburg. The other crew were: Flight Sergeant William George Hawes RAAF, Sergeant Percival James Hooper RNZAF, Sergeant Harold Frank Clarke, Flight Sergeant Eric Cartwright Flight Sergeant John Charles Chiasson RCAF Sergeant William Robert Smith Timothy was the only crew member to be recovered from the sea. The rest of the airmen are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial in Surrey, United Kingdom. Before enlisting in the war he had studied agricultural engineering at the University of Saskatchewan, owned and ran Lanigan Hardware, plus a period of serving as a local councilor.