Pilot Officer Randle Feilden
Royal Australian Air Force - 114 Squadron
Date of Birth: 17th of January 1913
Place of Birth: Bengough, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date of Death: 22nd of September 1941
Buried: Scottow Cemetery, North Walsham, Norfolk, Grave 259.
Awarded the 1939-1945 Star and the War Medal 1939-1945
Son of Everard and Maude Billson Feilden of Bengough, Saskatchewan, Canada. Husband of Miriam Feilden of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
22.09.1941 No 114 Squadron Blenheim IV V5490 P/O. Feilden
Operation: Training
Date: 22nd September 1941 (Monday)
Unit: Nov 114 Squadron
Type: Blenheim IV Serial: V5490
Blenheim IV 18 W800 - Aircrew Remembered
Base: RAF Oulton, Norfolk.
Location: Hall Farm near Cromer, Norfolk
Pilot: PIO Randle Feilden AUS/402650 Royal Australian Airforce, Age 28. Killed
Obs: PIOT Fred Harvey Brown J/5095 Royal Canadian Airforce, Age 20, Killed
W/Op/AirlGnr: Sgt. Samuel Stephen John Collier 1261192 RAFVR, Age 21. Killed
Thought to be the complete crew, Sergeant Collier shown on the left - courtesy Victoria Collier - Aircrew Remembered
REASON FOR LOSS: During a practice bombing run the Blenheim struck the mast of the target ship moored off Cromer.
Their graves at Scottow Cemetery, North Walsham, Norfolk
Further information: Emigrated to Australia in the 1930s and prior to enlisting with the Royal Australian Airforce, worked as a radio announcer. He also had a brother who served as an instructor with the R.C.A.F. during the war.
Randle Feilden was born in Bengough, Canada on the 17th of January 1913. Also commemorated on the village memorial at Shaldon, Devon.
