Elford, Ernest Franklin (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1945-June-19

Flying Officer Ernest Franklin Elford RCAF

Birth Date: 1919-March-21

Born: Duncan, British Columbia

Parents: Son of late William Raymond and Hannah Thelma (ne Petersen) of Victoria, British Columbia.

Spouse: Husband of Mrs. Joan Mary (ne Heninger) remarried now Mrs.Todd. Brother to Winston, Olive and Grace. Flying O

Home: Vancouver, British Columbia

Enlistment: Vancouver, British Columbia

Enlistment Date: 1944-June-02

Service

RCAF

Unit

358 (SD) Sqn- Squadron

Base

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

J/45996
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Crew or Other Personnel

Liberator EW124

Flight Lieutenant Arthur Erick Frankiln Anderson RCAF

Flight Lieutenant Anderson, Arthur Erick Frankiln (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1945-June-19
Singapore War Memorial, Singapore

Flight Sergeant Walter George Bond RCAF

Flight Sergeant Bond, Walter George (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1945-June-19
Singapore War Memorial, Singapore

Flying Officer Ernest Franklin Elford RCAF

Flying Officer Elford, Ernest Franklin (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1945-June-19
Singapore War Memorial, Singapore

Flight Sergeant Alfred Maxwell RCAF

Flight Sergeant Maxwell, Alfred (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1945-June-19
Singapore War Memorial, Singapore

Flying Officer Allan Mcarthur Silverthorn RCAF

Flying Officer Silverthorn, Allan Mcarthur (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1945-June-19
Singapore War Memorial, Singapore

Flight Sergeant Wilson Alexander Vaudner RCAF

Flight Sergeant Vaudner, Wilson Alexander (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1945-June-19
Singapore War Memorial, Singapore

Liberator serial: EW124

(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.

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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