Birth Date: 1917-January-10
Born: Vernon, British Columbia
Parents: George G. Chase & Annie Chase, of Chase. Brother of Alice Bradley, of Vernon.
Spouse:
Home: Vernon, British Columbia
Enlistment: Vancouver, British Columbia
Enlistment Date: 1940-June-04
Service
RCAF
Unit
123 (AC) Sqn- Squadron
Fangs of Death
Base
RCAF Stn Rockcliffe
Rank
Sergeant
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.
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1941-April-05. Lysander II s/n 432.
This accident involved 2 people. Aitken RB, Chase HW
This accident had 2 fatalities. Sergeant Howard Winnfield Chase RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/57925 Lysander 432, Pilot Officer Roland Boag Aitken RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/3256 Lysander 432
Vernon, British Columbia
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)