Harker, Kenneth Alvin Michael

Killed in Action 1943-04-22

Birth Date: 1918-May-17

Born: Parry Sound, Ontario

Son of Michael H. and Emma J. Harker, of Millbrook, Ontario.

Home: Millbrook, Ontario

Enlistment: Galt, Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1940-08-28

Service

RCAF

Unit

190 (CS) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Ex Tenebris Through darkness

Base

RAF Sullom Voe, Shetland Islands, Scotland

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/70168

Home
Google MapMillbrook, Ontario
First Burial
Google MapCemetery At Thorshavn On Stromo Island, Faroe Islands, Denmark
190 Squadron. Catalina aircraft FP 269 was on an anti-sub patrol over the North Sea when the tail broke off as the aircraft went into a dive. The aircraft crashed at Thorshavn. Pilot Officer Melvin J. McDonald, Sergeant J.N. Finlayson, Warrant Officer P. Illingworth, FSs T.C. Mulligan, D.S. Beare, A.E. Hayden (RAF), Sergeants G.S. McCutcheon (RAF), and D.W. Sommerville (RAF) were also killed.

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Canso FP269

Flight Sergeant Beare, Donald Sylvester (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1943-April-22
Nýggi Kirkjugarður, Velbastaðvegur, Tórshavn 100, Faroe Islands, Denmark

Flight Sergeant Finlayson, John Norman Gilbert (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-April-22
Nýggi Kirkjugarður, Velbastaðvegur, Tórshavn 100, Faroe Islands, Denmark

Sergeant Harker, Kenneth Alvin Michael (RCAF)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Action
1943-April-22
Nýggi Kirkjugarður, Velbastaðvegur, Tórshavn 100, Faroe Islands, Denmark

Warrant Officer 2 Illingworth, Philip (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-April-22
Nýggi Kirkjugarður, Velbastaðvegur, Tórshavn 100, Faroe Islands, Denmark

Pilot Officer McDonald, Melvin Joseph (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-April-22
Nýggi Kirkjugarður, Velbastaðvegur, Tórshavn 100, Faroe Islands, Denmark

Flight Sergeant Mulligan, Thomas Cecil (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-April-22
Nýggi Kirkjugarður, Velbastaðvegur, Tórshavn 100, Faroe Islands, Denmark

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

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