Fereday, Eric Joseph

Killed in Action 1943-12-19

Birth Date: 1923-October-04

Born: Toronto, Ontario

Son of Walter D. and Eleanor Fereday, of Toronto, Ontario.

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1942-05-27

Service

RCAF

Unit

7 Sqn- Squadron

Base

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot Officer

Service Numbers

J/27191

Home
Google MapToronto, Ontario
First Burial
Google MapSt John's Norway Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario
7 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron. Pilot Officer Fereday was on a night navigation exercise and was killed when Canso aircraft 9786 crashed and turned upside down whilst landing in the harbour at Prince Rupert, British Columbia. Pilot Officer Fereday was the only casualty.

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Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

This incident involved multiple aircraft:

  1. Canso A Serial: 9786

All the above aircraft in the above list are referenced in this report.

Canso 9786

Pilot Officer Fereday, Eric Joseph (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-December-19
St Johns Norway Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, 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

YouTube Canso PBY

Wikipedia Wikipedia Canso PBY

General Harold A Skaarup Web Page

Canso 9786

Canso A 9786

Used by No. 160 (BR) Squadron for training, at RCAF Station Sea Island, BC in 1943, before this unit transferred to Eastern Air Command. Remained with WAC when this unit went east in June 1943.

1943-04-28 Taken on Strength Western Air Command 2019-08-20
1943-December-19 Accident: 7 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Duckworth | Fereday | Gannett | Kanonowicz | Lindsay | McCallum | Skelton | Smith | Spratt
1944-04-24 Struck off Strength Struck off after Category A crash on 19 December 1943. 2019-08-20