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Forth, Roy Kitchener (Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1944-February-06

Canada

Birth Date: 1915-November-02 (age 28)

Born: Utterson Ontario

Son of Henry Ernest and Lucy Ellen Forth.

Home: Parry Sound, Ontario

Service
RCAF

Unit
116 Sqn- Squadron

Rank

Sergeant

Marshal
Air Chief Marshal	A/C/M
Air Marshal	A/M
Air Vice Marshal	A/V/M
Air Commodore	A/C
Group Captain	G/C
Wing Commander	W/C
Squadron Leader	S/L
Flight Lieutenant	F/L
Flying Officer	F/O
Pilot Officer	P/O
Warrant Officer 1st Class	WO1
Warrant Officer 2nd Class	WO2
Flight Sergeant	FS
Sergeant	SGT
Corporal	CPL
Senior Aircraftman	SAC
Leading Aircraftman	LAC
Aircraftman 1st Class	AC1
Aircraftman 2nd Class	AC2

Position
Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers
R/167357

116 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron, Gander, Newfoundland. Sgts Forth, P.E. Sloan, W.A. Gillen, W/O(s) E.S. Moon. J.G. Boothe, P.R. Starr, F/S J.A. Skilleter, and F/O W.E. McNicholl were all killed when Canso aircraft 971 went down in the sea off Newfoundland. Addendum: - The crew list shows Sgt. W.A. Gillen as a crew member, this is not correct. Sgt W.A. Gillen was a member of a different crew, Sgt. W.H. Gillatt was a member of this crew. Sgt Jack McIntosh of Fairview Alberta was flying a Canso aircraft of the 116 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron out of Gander and reported the following. Orders came to look for a missing aircraft from their squadron. It was February 6, 1944 and the weather was not good. The flying boat was found. It had crashed into an ice fields Supplies were dropped but it was impossible to land as there were pieces of ice for miles. They notified squadron headquarters and on their return were told that the Royal Canadian Navy had been notified of the incident. The navy said they would send a frigate, corvette or destroyer to rescue the 8 stranded airmen. Jack had taken a picture of the downed aircraft and the crew members. The navy said their rescue ship broke down. All 8 airmen perished. Detail provided by L. Allison, Roland Manitoba Note: A/C identified as RCAF 971 on www.rafcommands.com

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Panel 3 Column 5

Crew on Canso A 9781

Canada

Warrant Officer 1st Class Boothe, John Gordon (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
Age: 30
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Panel 3 Column 4

Canada

Sergeant Forth, Roy Kitchener (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
Age: 28
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Panel 3 Column 5

Canada

Sergeant Gillatt, William Herbert (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
Age: 22
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Panel 3 Column 5

Canada

Flying Officer McNicholl, William Eugene (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
Age: 24
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Panel 3 Column 4

Canada

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Moon, Edwin Stanley (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
Age: 24
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Panel 3 Column 4

Flight Sergeant Skilleter, John Albert William (RCAF)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Action
Age: 33
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Panel 3 Column 5

Canada

Sergeant Sloan, Patrick Ernest (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
Age: 21
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Panel 3 Column 5

Canada

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Starr, Perry Raymond (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
Age: 25
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Panel 3 Column 4

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.

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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last update: 2022-03-15 19:52:22

Canso A 9781

With No. 116 (BR) Squadron in Nova Scotia, c.1943. Coded "M". Transferred to No. 5 (BR) Squadron. Broke up and sank off Labrador in February 1944, after forced landing during operational patrol. Wreckage found on the ice off Battle Harbour on 5 February 1944 by Liberator from 10 Squadron, which dropped supplies and rafts. Crew took to rafts on 6 February 1943 after aircraft sank, not rescued for 2 weeks.

Canada Primary Source RCAF - Accident Investigation File

1943-03-30 Taken on Strength Eastern Air Command 2019-08-20
1944-February-04 Accident: 116 Squadron Loc: Names: Boothe | Forth | Gillatt | Mcnicholl | Moon | Skilleter | Sloan | Starr
1944-03-27 Struck off Strength Struck off after crash, see comments. 2019-08-20

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