Finniss, Charles Harold
Killed in Action 1942-07-10
Birth Date: 1921-November-30
Born: Vancouver, British Columbia
Son of Charles Bryson Finniss and Hallie May Finniss, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Home: Vancouver, British Columbia
Enlistment: Vancouver, British Columbia
Enlistment Date: 1941-02-24
Service
RCAF
Unit
10 (BR) Sqn- Squadron
Base
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Position
Flight Sergeant
Service Numbers
R/92328
First Burial
Goose Bay Cemetery, Goose Bay, Labrador
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
www.findagrave.comDigby Mk. I 739
Convoy Patrol 1942-July-10 to 1942-July-10
(BR) Sqn (RCAF) RAF Gander, Newfoundland
The crew of Digby Mk I 739 were engaged in guarding a convoy as it passed through the Strait of Belle Isle when they crashed in the Long Range Mountains, Newfoundland.
Aircraft failed to return. Wreckage was not found until August 1956, when it was found by RCMP Beaver CF-MPN, 20 miles east of Port Saunders, Newfoundland and a demolition party had to destroy some unexploded depth charges that were strewn among the wreckage before the bodies of the crew could be brought out for burial. All were buried with full military honours.
Killed: Pilot Officer D E Corey RCAF J/9325 KIFA Pilot Officer G T Crerar RCAF KIFA Pilot Officer E J Padden RCAF KIFA Pilot Officer S S Stubbs RCAF KIFA Sergeant T H Few RCAF KIFA Flight Sergeant C H Finnis RCAF KIFA
Douglas Digby
Douglas Digby Mk. I, RCAF (Serial No. 740), coded R, No. 10 (Bomber) Squadron, RCAF.
The RCAF acquired 20 Douglas Digby Mk. I in 1940. These were American twin engine B-18A Bolo bombers which served during the late 1930s and early 1940s. The Digby, named after the RAF school of bombing at RAF Digby, was based on the Douglas DC-2 airframe. The RCAF Digbys were immediately issued to No. 10 Squadron to replace the squadron's Westland Wapitis, to carry out anit-submarine patrol duties. RCAF Eastern Air Command (EAC) Digbys carried out 11 attacks on U-boats. U-520 was confirmed sunk by Flying Officer F. Raymes' crew of No. 10 (BR) Squadron, on 30 October 1942, east of Newfoundland. The Digby antisubmarine role was relatively short-lived, and they were superseded in this role in 1943 by Consolidated B-24 Liberators, which had a much heavier payload and a substantially longer range which finally closed the mid-Atlantic gap.Harold Skaarup web page
Digby bomber
Wikipedia,Digby bomber 
Harold A Skaarup Web Page 10 (BR) Sqn ()
Battle honours
The Second World War
NORTH-WEST ATLANTIC, 1940-1945.
Lineage
Authorized as ‘No.10 (Torpedo Bomber) Squadron’ 1 April 1938.Footnote1
Redesignated 'No.10 (Bomber) Squadron' 28 August 1939.Footnote2
Redesignated 'No.10 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron' 1 September 1939.Footnote3
Disbanded 13 August 1945.Footnote4
Notes:
No lineal connection with '10 Experimental Squadron', of 1967-70. See 10 Experimental Squadron.
Operational history
The Second World War
The squadron flew on anti-submarine operations on the Atlantic Coast under 'Eastern Air Command'.Footnote5
Footnotes
Footnote 1
GO 48/38. Authorized but not formed (AFGO 19/39)
Footnote 2
AFGO 41/39
Footnote 3
AFGO 57/39\
Footnote 4
Secret Organization Order 279, 4 August 1945, file S.17-10-1 (DOE), Kardex 181.009 (D5432)
Footnote 5
AFGO 25/40; Statement and Organization Charts for the Home and Overseas War and BCATP Organization, 15 April 1942, file S.8202, Kardex 181.002 (D421); Memorandum, Notes for CAS, Appendix A, 12 September 1939, Document Collection 77/543
Government of CanadaDigby 739 Mk. I - Convoy Patrol - 1942-07-10 to 1942-07-10
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The crew of Digby Mk I 739 were engaged in guarding a convoy as it passed through the Strait of Belle Isle when they crashed in the Long Range Mountains, Newfoundland.
Aircraft failed to return. Wreckage was not found until August 1956, when it was found by RCMP Beaver CF-MPN, 20 miles east of Port Saunders, Newfoundland and a demolition party had to destroy some unexploded depth charges that were strewn among the wreckage before the bodies of the crew could be brought out for burial. All were buried with full military honours.
Killed: Pilot Officer D E Corey RCAF J/9325 KIFA Pilot Officer G T Crerar RCAF KIFA Pilot Officer E J Padden RCAF KIFA Pilot Officer S S Stubbs RCAF KIFA Sergeant T H Few RCAF KIFA Flight Sergeant C H Finnis RCAF KIFA