Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Find-A-Grave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
Botwood, Newfoundland
Consolidated Canso Catalina PBY PB2B A-10 OA-10 Black Cat
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
Canso PBY
Wikipedia Canso PBY
Harold A Skaarup Web PageCASPIR Aircraft Groups:
RCAF On Strength (274), RCAF 400 Squadron (13), Canadian Aircraft Losses (82)Canso A 9834
With No. 116 (BR) Squadron at RCAF Station Botwood, Newfoundland. Crashed during night landing on glassy water at Bay of Exploits, near Botwood, Newfoundland on 6 November 1943. Aircraft water looped and nosed under. Sank after 5 survivors exited aircraft, wreckage never located. 7 fatalities, 5 survivors. Was transporting senior officers touring the island from Torbay to Botwood. Official report classified cause of accident as "obscure". Several attempts were made to locate wreckage, but this was abandoned on 19 November 1943.
1943-08-04 Taken on Strength Eastern Air Command 2019-08-20
1943-November-08 Accident: 116 Squadron Loc: Botwood Names: Cairns | Dalgleish | Epstein | Hirtle | Ings | Jones | Lowther | Marsh | Mills | Morton | Redmand | Watson
1944-03-27 Struck off Strength Struck off after crash, see comments 2019-08-20
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