Clarkson, Joseph Walter
Killed in Flying Accident 1941-06-20
Birth Date: 1916
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Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RAFVR
Unit
31 ANS- Air Navigation School (RAF)
Base
Port Albert, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Leading Aircraftman
Service Numbers
1051926
First Burial
Ottawa Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Killed includes Clarkson:Corp. Clifford Douglas Bradbury RAF KIFA Ottawa Memorial Panel 1. Column 1.LAC Douglas Charles Frank Evans RAF KIFA Ottawa Memorial Panel 1. Column 2.Pilot Officer Joseph George Jones RAF KIFA Ottawa Memorial Panel 1. Column 1.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.findagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)This incident involved multiple aircraft:
- Anson Mk. I Serial: N5353
All the above aircraft in the above list are referenced in this report.
Anson N5353
Avro Anson
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
The Museum's Anson Mk. V was built by MacDonald Brothers in Winnipeg in 1944. It flew with No. 7 Photographic Wing and No. 414 Squadron in Ottawa on photo survey work until the late 1940s. In 1956, it was purchased by INCO and used for mineral surveying until 1980, when it was donated to the Museum. The exterior is painted in the yellow colour common to all BCATP trainers and is in its same wartime RCAF markings.
The Avro Anson was known by a number of nicknames including "Faithful Annie" or "Flying Greenhouse". It was the first aircraft to be flown by the Royal Canadian Air Force to have a retractable undercarriage, which was a comparative novelty in 1936. In 1940, a Canadian government owned company, Federal Aircraft Limited, was created in Montreal to manufacture the Anson for Canadian use. Nearly 3,000 Anson aircraft were produced and, in the early days of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), the Anson was the standard trainer for many pilots, observers (navigators), wireless operators and bomb aimers. More than 20,000 aircrew received training on the Anson. In Canadian service, the aircraft was substantially re-designed with the substitution of North American engines and many other airframe and equipment changes.Harold Skaarup web pages
Harold A Skaarup Web Page 
Avro Anson History31 ANS (31 Air Navigation School)
Nos. 1 & 2 Air Navigation Schools offered four-week courses in astronavigation and were the last step for Air Observers.The RAF schools, Nos. 31, 32, and 33, provided the same training as Air Observer Schools.
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Port Albert On
Anson N5353
Anson Mk. I N5353
To No. 1 Training Command on 18 November 1940, for use by No. 31 Air Navigation School at Port Albert, Ontario. Delivered from de Havilland Canada to Port Albert by crew from No. 31 ANS on 19 November 1940. Disappeared over Lake Huron near Goderich, Ontario on 20 June 1941 during a navigation exercise. Sidcot suit and navigators instruments belonging to Leading Aircraftman J.W. Clarkson later found 4 miles off shore, 6 miles south-west of Goderich at 13:00 on 21 June 1941. Had 657:55 time in log book at time of crash. Pilot Sgt. J.G. Jones, Clarkson, and 2 others missing.1940-11-12 Taken on Strength de Havilland Canada 2019-08-20
1941-June-20 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Names: Bradbury | Clarkson | Evans | Jones
1941-09-06 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20