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Chase, Howard Winnfield (Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1941-April-05

Birth Date: 1917-January-10 (age 24)

Born: Vernon, British Columbia

George G. Chase & Annie Chase, of Chase. Brother of Alice Bradley, of Vernon.

Home: Vernon, British Columbia

Enlistment: Vancouver, British Columbia

Enlistment Date: 1940-06-04

Service
RCAF
Unit
123 (AC) Sqn- Squadron
Fangs of Death
Base
RCAF Stn Rockcliffe
Rank
Sergeant
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
Observer
Service Numbers
R/57925

123rd Army Co-op Squadron, Rockcliffe, Ontario. Lysander aircraft 432 was on a pin-pointing and photographic exercise when it crashed two miles east of Cardinal, Ontario.

Killed includes Chase: Pilot Officer Roland Boag Aitken RCAF J/3256 KIFA Cardinal Riverside Presbyterian Cemetery Lot 8 and 9. Sec. L.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Home
Google MapVernon, British Columbia
Burial
Google MapChase Cemetery
Plot Lot 517

Lysander 432

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