Harker, Douglas
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-07-02
Birth Date: 1920
Born:
Son of George O. Harker and Margaret Harker, of Toronto.
Home: Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RCAF
Unit
Base
RCAF Stn Rockcliffe
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Flying Officer
Service Numbers
J/20153
Home
Toronto, Ontario
First Burial
St John's Norway Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario
Canadian Virtual War MemorialThis incident involved multiple aircraft:
- Moth, Tiger I Serial: 8971
- Moth, Tiger I Serial: 8971
- Anson Mk. II Serial: 7158
- Anson Mk. II Serial: 7158
All the above aircraft in the above list are referenced in this report.
Avro Anson
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
The Museum's Anson Mk. V was built by MacDonald Brothers in Winnipeg in 1944. It flew with No. 7 Photographic Wing and No. 414 Squadron in Ottawa on photo survey work until the late 1940s. In 1956, it was purchased by INCO and used for mineral surveying until 1980, when it was donated to the Museum. The exterior is painted in the yellow colour common to all BCATP trainers and is in its same wartime RCAF markings.
The Avro Anson was known by a number of nicknames including "Faithful Annie" or "Flying Greenhouse". It was the first aircraft to be flown by the Royal Canadian Air Force to have a retractable undercarriage, which was a comparative novelty in 1936. In 1940, a Canadian government owned company, Federal Aircraft Limited, was created in Montreal to manufacture the Anson for Canadian use. Nearly 3,000 Anson aircraft were produced and, in the early days of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), the Anson was the standard trainer for many pilots, observers (navigators), wireless operators and bomb aimers. More than 20,000 aircrew received training on the Anson. In Canadian service, the aircraft was substantially re-designed with the substitution of North American engines and many other airframe and equipment changes.Harold Skaarup web pages
Harold A Skaarup Web Page 
Avro Anson HistoryMoth, Tiger 8971
Moth, Tiger I 8971
Delivered to stored reserve. Issued to No. 1 Training Command on 18 August 1942, for use by No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School at Windsor, Ontario. To Patterson & Hill Aircraft, 22 October to 23 December 1942. To No. 3 Training Command when completed. Crashed while with No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School at Pendleton, Ontario. To workshop reserve at No. 9 Repair Depot on 14 July 1943, following a crash. Request to scrap from No. 9 RD dated 6 October 1943.{{link,canadaprimary,https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c5933/956,RCAF - Accident Investigation File}}
1942-07-01 Taken on Strength No. 1 Training Command 2019-08-20
1942-October-07 Accident: 7 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Spence
1943-July-02 Accident: 10 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Plantagenet Ontario Names: Poulin | Shattock
1943-July-02 Accident: 1 REFRESHER Squadron Loc: Plantagenet Ontario Names: Brownie | Harker
1943-11-19 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20
Moth, Tiger 8971
Moth, Tiger I 8971
Delivered to stored reserve. Issued to No. 1 Training Command on 18 August 1942, for use by No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School at Windsor, Ontario. To Patterson & Hill Aircraft, 22 October to 23 December 1942. To No. 3 Training Command when completed. Crashed while with No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School at Pendleton, Ontario. To workshop reserve at No. 9 Repair Depot on 14 July 1943, following a crash. Request to scrap from No. 9 RD dated 6 October 1943.{{link,canadaprimary,https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c5933/956,RCAF - Accident Investigation File}}
1942-07-01 Taken on Strength No. 1 Training Command 2019-08-20
1942-October-07 Accident: 7 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Spence
1943-July-02 Accident: 10 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Plantagenet Ontario Names: Poulin | Shattock
1943-July-02 Accident: 1 REFRESHER Squadron Loc: Plantagenet Ontario Names: Brownie | Harker
1943-11-19 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20
Anson 7158
Anson Mk. II 7158
Delivered new to the Conversion Training Squadron at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario. Category A crash at Pendleton, Ontario on 2 July 1943. Application to write off came from RCAF Station Rockcliffe.1942-04-13 Taken on Strength No. 3 Training Command 2019-08-20
1943-July-02 Accident: 10 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Plantagenet Ontario Names: Poulin | Shattock
1943-July-02 Accident: 1 REFRESHER Squadron Loc: Flantagenet Ontario Names: Brownie | Harker
1943-08-24 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20
Anson 7158
Anson Mk. II 7158
Delivered new to the Conversion Training Squadron at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario. Category A crash at Pendleton, Ontario on 2 July 1943. Application to write off came from RCAF Station Rockcliffe.1942-04-13 Taken on Strength No. 3 Training Command 2019-08-20
1943-July-02 Accident: 10 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Plantagenet Ontario Names: Poulin | Shattock
1943-July-02 Accident: 1 REFRESHER Squadron Loc: Flantagenet Ontario Names: Brownie | Harker
1943-08-24 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20