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5 Operational Training Unit - Detachment, Abbotsford, British Columbia. Killed in the crash of Liberator - KK241 along with the other 10 members of his crew. Please see below for links to other casualties. Wreckage later found on Mount Welch, BC (East of Chilliwack, now known as Welch Peak).
Dale, John Randall (Sergeant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1945-June-01
Birth Date: 1913
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RAF
Unit
5 OTU- Operational Training Unit
Base
RCAF Stn, Abbotsford, British Columbia
Rank
Sergeant
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Service Numbers
1895153
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Liberator KK241
Accident Card - Consolidated Liberator B. Mk. VI serial:KK241
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1945-June-01. Liberator s/n KK241.
This accident involved 11 people. Aldridge S, Broadbent AE, Dale JR, Drummond WF, Gibbons I, Hammond JL, Hill AW, Langlands DB, Long GE, Murray G, Swatton WT
This accident had 11 fatalities. Flying Officer Arthur William David Hill RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:164394 Liberator KK241, Sergeant Graham Murray RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1811515 Liberator KK241, Sergeant Isaac Gibbons RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1591213 Liberator KK241, Sergeant James Leonard Gordon Hammond RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:1865865 Liberator KK241, Pilot Officer Gilbert Ewart Ellis Long RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:167802 Liberator KK241, Sergeant John Randall Dale RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:1895153 Liberator KK241, Sergeant William Thomas Swatton RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1169175 Liberator KK241, Sergeant William Peter Watt Drummond RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1565226 Liberator KK241, Sergeant Albert Eric Broadbent RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1591260 Liberator KK241, Sergeant David Robertson Langlands RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1564813 Liberator KK241, Sergeant Stanley Aldridge RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1892574 Liberator KK241
Liberator serial: KK241
(DND Photos via James Craik) (Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page)
Consolidated Liberator G.R. Mk. VIII, RCAF (Serial No. 11130) ex-USAAF Consolidated (Vultee) B-24L Liberator USAAF (44-50154)
ex-RAF (Serial No. 5009), ex-Indian Air Force (Serial No. HE773).
Currently preserved in the Canada Aviation and Space Museum Ottawa Ontario.
Consolidated Liberator G.R. Mk. VIII, RCAF (Serial No. 11130) ex-USAAF Consolidated (Vultee) B-24L Liberator USAAF (44-50154)
ex-RAF (Serial No. 5009), ex-Indian Air Force (Serial No. HE773).
Currently preserved in the Canada Aviation and Space Museum Ottawa Ontario.
The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was an American heavy bomber flown by the RCAF during the Second Word War. It was designed with a shoulder-mounted, high aspect ratio Davis wing which gave the Liberator a high cruise speed, long range and the ability to carry a heavy bomb load. Early RAF Liberators were the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic Ocean as a matter of routine. In comparison with its contemporaries the B-24 was relatively difficult to fly and had poor low speed performance; it also had a lower ceiling compared with the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Of the roughly 18,500 B-24s built in the USA during the war, 148 were flown by the RCAF on long range anti-submarine patrols, with the B-24 serving an instrumental role in closing the Mid-Atlantic gap in the Battle of the Atlantic. The RCAF also flew a few B-24s post war as transports.
Roughly half of all (RAF) Liberator crews in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theatre were Canadian by the end of the war. John Muir of Vancouver flew the longest mission of the war: 24hrs, 10mins from Ceylon to Burma and back. (Kyle Hood) Harold Skaarup web page
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Liberator KK241
Liberator B. Mk. VI KK241
Ex USAAF B-24J-95-CF serial 44-44312, ex RAF KK241. Delivered to stored reserve, issued to No. 5 Operational Training Unit, Boundary Bay, BC on 21 May 1945. Reported missing on cross country flight on 1 June 1945. Ownership to No. 3 Repair Depot on 5 June 1945, for write off. Wreckage later found on Mount Welch, BC (East of Chilliwack, now known as Welch Peak).1944-11-23 Taken on Strength Western Air Command 2019-08-20
1945-June-01 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Unknown Names: Aldridge | Broadbent | Dale | Drummond | Gibbons | Hammond | Hill | Langlands | Long | Murray | Swatton
1945-07-06 Struck off Strength 2020-09-28
Unit Desciption
5 OTU (5 Operational Training Unit)
The Operational Training Unit (OTU) was the last stop for aircrew trainees. They spent 8 to 14 weeks learning to fly operational aircraft (Hawker Hurricane or Fairey Swordfish, e.g.). The instructors had experience in actual operations, and often were posted to OTUs after their operational tour.
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