Davidson, Robert William (Sergeant)

The Consolidated Catalina and Canso were close cousins. The Canso was the true amphibious version of the design and therefore included a conventional undercarriage to allow for either water or land use. The Canso provided more than two decades of valuable service to the RCAF. The Catalina variant came first and was produced beginning in 1935 for the United States Navy. The amphibious version, designated PBY-5A, came in service early in 1941 and the RCAF began using the aircraft on anti-submarine patrols that same year. After the Second World War, the RCAF used Cansos for search and rescue, Arctic survey missions and various transport operations. RCAF

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Canso 11086

Canso A 11086

Delivered new to storage. To No. 3 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC on 1 July 1944. Still with this unit, based at Comox, BC, when reported missing on 3 December 1944. Pigeon from this plane returned to base 4 days later, without a message. Crashed near Kennedy Lake, east of Tofino, wreckage not located until July 1945. All nine occupants killed.

1944-05-29 Taken on Strength Western Air Command 2019-08-20
1944-December-02 Accident: 3 Operational Training Unit Loc: Straits Of Juan De Fuca Names: Davidson | Day | Mahoney | Nash | Pautenaude | Porter | Ramsay | Staples | Trudel
1945-06-05 Struck off Strength Written off after going missing, see comments 2019-08-20