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Cox, Everard Thomas (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1942-August-23

Birth Date: 1917-December-29 (age 24)

Born: Cautaris Alberta

Home: Vancouver, British Columbia

Service
RCAF
Unit
120 (BR) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Base
RCAF-Naval Air Service Coal Harbour, Vancouver Island, BC
Rank
Pilot Officer
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
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/14459

Took off at 09:20 on a long range patrol of 878 naut. miles (about 11 hours flying time.)

It suffered engine failure, and had to ditch. At 1750 951 sent a position report then at 1818 sent the first SOS saying he was at 49 47' N 130 W and sinking followed by several situation reports that allowed DF bearings to be obtained. 951 was found by 952 but because of the 25 foot swells 952 could not land. They returned to base to wait on calmer seas. By the time that happened, 951 was gone.

Killed: Flight Sergeant Everard Thomas Cox (Captain) Vancouver, BC Flight Sergeant Lawrence Alfred Bernard Horn, (2nd Pilot) Regina Sask Sergeant Robert Stuart, (Navigator) Vancouver, BC Flight Sergeant Mervin Cram, (WAG) Renfrew, Ont. Sergeant A. Anderson, (WAG) Selkirk, Man (under training) Sergeant Kenneth Hope, (AFM) Vancouver, BC Sergeant Leslie Oldford, (AEM) Penhold, Alta Sergeant Charles Franklin Beeching, (AEM) Regina, Sask

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave.com Finadagrave.com

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

Pilot Officer Everard Thomas Cox has no known grave.

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Stranraer 951

Supermarine Stranraer

Source: Harold A Skaarup Web Page (DND Photo, PL-1176, via Mike Kaehler)
Canadian Vickers Stranraer, RCAF (Serial No. 913), CV190, coded QN-B, No. 5 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron, RCAF Station Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, sometime between 1938 and 1941.

The Supermarine Stranraer was a flying boat designed and built by the British Supermarine Aviation Works company. It was developed during the 1930s on behalf of its principal operator, the Royal Air Force (RAF). Derived from the Supermarine Scapa, the aircraft's design was heavily shaped by Specification R.24/31. While initially rejected by the Air Ministry, Supermarine persisted with development as a private venture under the designation Southampton V. During 1933, a contract was placed for a single prototype; it was around this time that the type received the name Stranraer. First flown on 24 July 1934, the Stranraer entered frontline service with the RAF during 1937; most examples of the type were in service by the outbreak of the Second World War.

The Stranraer's typically undertook anti-submarine and convoy escort patrols during the early years of the conflict. During March 1941, it was withdrawn from frontline service, but continued to be operated in a training capacity up until October 1942. In addition to the British-built aeroplanes, the Canadian Vickers company in Montreal, Quebec, also manufactured 40 Stranraers under licence for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). These Canadian Stranraers served in anti-submarine and coastal defence capacities on both Canada's Atlantic and Pacific coasts, and were in regular service until 1946. Following their withdrawal from military service, many ex-RCAF Stranraers were sold off to fledgeling regional airlines, with whom they served in various commercial passenger and freighter operations into the 1950s.

The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Stranraers were exact equivalents of their RAF counterparts. In Canadian service, they were usually employed in coastal patrol against submarine threats in a similar role to the British Stranraers. The Canadian Vickers-built Stranraers served with the RCAF throughout the war, the last example being withdrawn on 20 January 1946. Wikipedia

Wkikpedia Wikipedia Supermarine Stanraer

General Harold A Skaarup Web Page

last update: 2022-09-26 14:30:04

Stranraer 951

Serving with No. 120 (BR) Squadron, out of RCAF Station Coal Harbour, Vancouver Island, when it ditched. Reported by radio that it had engine problems. Crew later sighted by 952, then 950, but these aircraft diverted to reported submarine in area, weather closed in, and crew never sighted again. Memorial service for crew held in Victoria, BC on 23 August 2002. See also 909.

1941-11-01 Taken on Strength 2019-08-20
1942-August-23 Accident: 120 Squadron Loc: At Sea Names: Anderson | Beeching | Cox | Cram | Hope | Horn | Oldford | Stuart
1942-09-26 Struck off Strength Struck off, after going missing on operational patrol 23 August 1942, see comments. 2019-08-20

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