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Adams, Robert Mercer (Flying Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-December-30

Canada

Birth Date: 1922-April-02 (age 20)

Born: Toronto, Ontario

Son of Robert Medd Adams and Seaborn Christine Adams, of Toronto, Ontario.

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1941-03-11

Service
RCAF

Unit
131 OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF)

Base
RAF Killadeas, Northern Ireland

Rank

Flying Officer

Marshal
Air Chief Marshal	A/C/M
Air Marshal	A/M
Air Vice Marshal	A/V/M
Air Commodore	A/C
Group Captain	G/C
Wing Commander	W/C
Squadron Leader	S/L
Flight Lieutenant	F/L
Flying Officer	F/O
Pilot Officer	P/O
Warrant Officer 1st Class	WO1
Warrant Officer 2nd Class	WO2
Flight Sergeant	FS
Sergeant	SGT
Corporal	CPL
Senior Aircraftman	SAC
Leading Aircraftman	LAC
Aircraftman 1st Class	AC1
Aircraftman 2nd Class	AC2

Position
Observer

Service Numbers
J/11950

Canso FP239

Operational 1942-December-30 to 1942-December-30

(AS) OTU (RAF) Lilladeas

131 Operational Training Unit. Catalina I aircraft FP 239 and crew had completed an operational flying exercise lasting 7hrs 15 mins and were attempting to find Lough Erne in bad weather when they flew in to the ground, 17 miles north of Omagh at about 1715 hrs, the ""boat"" was totally destroyed and all 11 crew were killed

Flying Officer(s) RA Adams (RCAF), MJH Newman (RAF), Sergeant(s) GW Lowther (RAAF), JS Orr (RAF), FH Hilling (RAF), W Nichol (RAF), AH Perkins (RAF), CB Ridge (RAF), JE Slade (RAF), DW Yates (RAF) and LA L Greeenhalgh (RAF) were all killed.

source: Malcolm Deeley, Ulster Aviation Society

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Irvinestown Church Of Ireland Churchyard
Plot 1 Grave 19

Canso FP239

Flying Officer Adams, Robert Mercer (RCAF)
Observer
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-December-30
Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Irvinestown, County Fermanagh, UK

Consolidated Canso Catalina PBY PB2B A-10 OA-10 Black Cat

RCAF Canso A (Serial No. 9754), No. 162 Squadron, F/L David Ernest Hornell aircraft.

The Consolidated Catalina and Canso were close cousins. The Canso was the true amphibious version of the design and therefore included a conventional undercarriage to allow for either water or land use. The Canso provided more than two decades of valuable service to the RCAF. The Catalina variant came first and was produced beginning in 1935 for the United States Navy. The amphibious version, designated PBY-5A, came in service early in 1941 and the RCAF began using the aircraft on anti-submarine patrols that same year. After the Second World War, the RCAF used Cansos for search and rescue, Arctic survey missions and various transport operations. RCAF

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