Dewer, Donald Rae

Killed in Flying Accident 1955-07-19

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Birth Date: 1925

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Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

121 (Comm) Flight- Flight (RAF)

Base

RCAF Station Vancouver, BC

Rank

Flight Lieutenant

Position

Flight Lieutenant

Service Numbers

30416

First Burial
Google MapMountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Multiple fatalities associated with this accident.

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Canso 11095

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Flight Lieutenant Dewer, Donald Rae (RCAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1955-July-19
Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Kitchen, Ronald Wiley (RCAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1955-July-19
Mount Hope Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario, Canada

Flying Officer Onysko, Donald Clarence (RCAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1955-July-19
Elmwood Cemetery, Hespeler Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Consolidated Canso Catalina PBY PB2B A-10 OA-10 Black Cat

RCAF Canso A (Serial No. 9754), No. 162 Squadron, F/L David Ernest Hornell aircraft.
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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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