Christopher John Cormier Rank: Flying Officer Status: Killed in Flying Accident 1966-04-23

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Cormier, Christopher John (Flying Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1966-April-23

Birth Date: 1945-June-25 (age 20)

Born: Suffolk, England

Percival & Grave of Medecine Hat, AB

Home: Suffolk, England

Enlistment: Vancouver, British Columbia

Enlistment Date: 1963-10-29

Service
RCAF

Unit
121 (K)

Rank

Flying Officer

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

Service Numbers
77841

Grumman Albatross serial 9302, was damaged beyond repair in an accident 1,8 km E of Hope Slide, BC.

Airplane operated a regular flight from Comox Airport, BC (YQQ) to Williams Lake Airport, BC (YWL).

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Find-A-Grave.com Finadagrave.com

Home

Suffolk, England

Burial
Google Map

Hillside Cemetery
grave Sec C Block 150G Lot 8

Albatross 9302

Male Head

Squadron Leader Braiden, James Leslie (RCAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1966-April-23
Memory Gardens Cemetery, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada

Flying Officer Cormier, Christopher John (RCAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1966-April-23
Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Male Head

Leading Aircraftman MacNaughton, Robert Elwood (RCAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1966-April-23
cemetery unknown

Male Head

Flight Lieutenant Montgomery, Philip Leonard (RCAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1966-April-23
St Mary's Cemetery, North Bay, Ontario, Canada

Male Head

Flight Lieutenant Semak, Peter (RCAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1966-April-23
cemetery unknown

Grumman CSR-110 Albatross

(DND Photo via James Craik) Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page
Grumman CSR-110 Albatross, RCAF (Serial No. (9309).

The Grumman CSR-110 Albatross is a large twin-radial engine amphibious flying boat flown by the RCAF as a search and rescue aircraft. Harold Skaarup web pages

Note: G-231 is the Grumman model number for RCAF Albatross; others G-111.

General Harold A Skaarup Web Page

YouTube Grummand Albatross Seaplane

Wkikpedia Wikipedia Albatross Seaplane

Kestrek Publications RCAF CSR-110 Albatross Serials List - Kestrel Piblications

CASPIR Aircraft Groups:

RCAF Owned (10) RCAF 400 Squadrons (9) Canadian Crewed (10)

last update: 2023-12-15 19:01:09

Albatross 9302

Based at RCAF Station Vancouver in 1963. Serving with No. 121 Composite Unit (KU) at RCAF Station Comox, BC when it crashed near Hope, BC on 23 April 1966. Only RCAF Albatross loss.

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1960-00-00 Taken on Strength 2019-08-20
1966-06-16 Struck off Strength Struck off after crash, see comments. 2019-08-20

Griffin Library, 17 Wing Winnipeg

Lancaster FM213

Andrew Mynarski, VC

Cormier, Christopher John (Flying Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1966-April-23

Albatross 9302

Grumman CSR-110 Albatross

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Albatross 9302

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