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Auld, James Hamilton (Civilian)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-December-25

Canada

Birth Date: 1912-October-01 (age 30)

Son of Neil McVicar Auld and Margaret (nee Hamilton) Auld

Service
RAF

Unit
45 Group (RAF)

Base
Bermuda

Rank

Civilian

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
Radio Officer

Service Numbers

Canso FP266

Ferry Flight 1942-December-25 to 1942-December-25

() Ferry Command (RAF) Bermuda

RAF Ferry Command Catalina Ib aircraft FP 266 was lost on a trans-Atlantic delivery flight from Bermuda to the United Kingdom, cause unknown

FS DO Bevan (RCAF), Sergeant G Craven (RAAF), Sergeant R Harding (RAF), Sergeant R Thompson (RAF), US Civilian Pilot Capt. BH Pierce, and Canadian Civilian Radio Operator JH Auld were all missing, believed killed in this flying accident

The missing have no known grave and all are commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial

Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie pages 316,359

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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Civilian James Hamilton Auld has no known grave.

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Ottawa War Memorial
Panel 2 Column 1

Canso FP266

Civilian Auld, James Hamilton (RAF)
Radio Officer
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-December-25
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Male Head

Flight Sergeant Bevan, Douglas Oliver (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-December-25
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Sergeant Craven, George Edward James (RAF)
Wireless Operator
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-December-25
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Male Head

Sergeant Harding, Roy (RAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-December-25
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Civilian Pierce, Benson Hutches (RAF)
Pilot (Captain)
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-December-25
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Male Head

Sergeant Thompson, Reginald Edwin (RAF)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-December-25
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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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Canso FP266

1942-December-25 Accident: RAF Ferry COMMAND Loc: Names: Bevan | Craven | Hamilton | Harding | Pierce | Thompson

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