Laidlaw, Jeffrey Cayley

Killed in Action 1944-01-31

Birth Date: 1919

Born:

Son of Robert Alexander and Julia Isobel Laidlaw, of Toronto, Ontario.

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

270 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)

Base

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Flying Officer

Service Numbers

J/23523

Home
Google MapToronto, Ontario
First Burial
Google MapYaba Cemetery, Lagos, Nigeria
270 Squadron. Catalina aircraft crashed at Porto Nova Creek. Seven of the crew, not Canadians, were also killed.

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Canso FP123

Flying Officer Laidlaw, Jeffrey Cayley (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1944-January-31
Yaba Cemetery, Lagos, Nigeria

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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