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Ashmore, Robert Arnold (Flying Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1958-March-14

Birth Date: 1929-December-29 (age 28)

Born: Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan

Son of Frank Arnold and Mary Emma (nee Peeling) Ashmore of White Rock, British Columbia. Brother of Wilma, Dorothy and June.

Home: Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan

Enlistment: Regina, Saskatchewan

Enlistment Date: 1951-08-18

Service
RCAF
Unit
445 Sqn- Squadron
Rank
Flying Officer
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Service Numbers
41790
Flying Officer F.A.S. Grant also killed.

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Canuck 18368

Flying Officer Ashmore, Robert Arnold (RCAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1958-March-14
Choloy War Cemetery, Meurthe-Etmoselle, France

Flying Officer Grant, Frank Arthur Stephen (RCAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1958-March-14
Choloy War Cemetery, Meurthe-Etmoselle, France

Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Clunk

(RCAF Photo)Avro CF-100 Canuck Mk. 4B (Serial No. 18330), and (Serial No. 18364), No. 423 Squadron, based at No. 2 (F) Wing, RCAF Station Grostenquin, France, 9 Oct 1962.

The Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck (affectionately known as the "Clunk") was a Canadian jet interceptor/fighter in service during the Cold War both in NATO bases in Europe and as part of NORAD. The CF-100 was the only Canadian-designed fighter to enter mass production, serving primarily with the RCAF and the Canadian Armed Forces, and also in small numbers in Belgium. For its day, the CF-100 featured a short takeoff run and high climb rate, making it well suited to its role as an interceptor.

Production consisted of 5 pre-production CF-100 Mk. 2 aircraft, 74 machine gun armed CF-100 Mk. 3 aircraft, 280 CF-100 Mk. 4 aircraft armed with both machine guns and rocket pods, and 331 CF-100 Mk. 5 aircraft armed only with rocket pods. Harold Skaarup web page




YouTube Avro Canuck CF-100

Wkikpedia Wikipedia Avro Canuck

General Harold A Skaarup Web Page

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last update: 2021-11-17 15:56:36

Canuck Mk. 4B 18368

Served with No. 428 AW(F) Squadron, RCAF Station Uplands, Ontario, in the 1950s. With No. 445 Squadron at time of crash. Flying Officer R.A. Ashmore and Flying Officer F.A.S. Grant killed.

1955-04-13 Taken on Strength 2019-08-20
1958-03-26 Struck off Strength Struck off after Category A crash at Marville, France on 14 March 1958. 2019-08-20

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