Pleasant Valley, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia
11 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Liberator aircraft missing.
Maclellan, Donald Angus (Flight Sergeant)
Killed in Action 1945-February-19
Birth Date: 1913-December-20
Born:
Parents: son of Angus D. MacLellan and Mary (ne Gillis) MacLellan. He was the brother of: Reverend Alexander, John, James, Peter, Mary Jessie, Catherine, Betty and Ann.
Spouse: Husband of Agnes MacLellan, of Pleasant
Home: Pleasant Valley, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
11 (BR) Sqn- Squadron
Base
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Position
Flight Engineer
Service Numbers
R/65487
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Liberator 3715
Accident Card - Consolidated Liberator GR Mk. VI serial:3715
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1945-February-19. Liberator VI s/n 3715.
This accident involved 7 people. Apps GFR, Grant WR, Hogan D, Ireland EC, Mclellan DA, Murphy D, Teasdale HL
This accident had 7 fatalities. Flight Lieutenant Earl Clifford Ireland RCAF Killed in Action service no:J/20873 Liberator 3715, Flight Sergeant Donald Angus Maclellan RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/65487 Liberator 3715, Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Frank Rowe Apps RCAF Killed in Action service no:J/20673 Liberator 3715, Flight Lieutenant Deryck Hogan RCAF Killed in Action service no:J/9122 Liberator 3715, Pilot Officer Walter Robert Grant RCAF Killed in Action service no:J/53002 Liberator 3715, Flight Lieutenant Daniel Joseph Murphy RCAF Killed in Action service no:J/22857 Liberator 3715, Warrant Officer Harry Leo Teasdale RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/140182 Liberator 3715
Liberator serial: 3715
(DND Photos via James Craik) (Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page)
Consolidated Liberator G.R. Mk. VIII, RCAF (Serial No. 11130) ex-USAAF Consolidated (Vultee) B-24L Liberator USAAF (44-50154)
ex-RAF (Serial No. 5009), ex-Indian Air Force (Serial No. HE773).
Currently preserved in the Canada Aviation and Space Museum Ottawa Ontario.
Consolidated Liberator G.R. Mk. VIII, RCAF (Serial No. 11130) ex-USAAF Consolidated (Vultee) B-24L Liberator USAAF (44-50154)
ex-RAF (Serial No. 5009), ex-Indian Air Force (Serial No. HE773).
Currently preserved in the Canada Aviation and Space Museum Ottawa Ontario.
The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was an American heavy bomber flown by the RCAF during the Second Word War. It was designed with a shoulder-mounted, high aspect ratio Davis wing which gave the Liberator a high cruise speed, long range and the ability to carry a heavy bomb load. Early RAF Liberators were the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic Ocean as a matter of routine. In comparison with its contemporaries the B-24 was relatively difficult to fly and had poor low speed performance; it also had a lower ceiling compared with the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Of the roughly 18,500 B-24s built in the USA during the war, 148 were flown by the RCAF on long range anti-submarine patrols, with the B-24 serving an instrumental role in closing the Mid-Atlantic gap in the Battle of the Atlantic. The RCAF also flew a few B-24s post war as transports.
Roughly half of all (RAF) Liberator crews in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theatre were Canadian by the end of the war. John Muir of Vancouver flew the longest mission of the war: 24hrs, 10mins from Ceylon to Burma and back. (Kyle Hood) Harold Skaarup web page
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Liberator 3715
Liberator GR Mk. VI 3715
Ex USAAF B-24J-70-CF serial number 44-10637. Used by No. 11 (BR) Squadron at Dartmouth, NS from August 1944. Coded "F". Lost at sea on 19/20 February 1945. Disapppeared without a trace while on anti-submarine sweep. Some wreckage may have washed up on Sable Island.1944-08-03 Taken on Strength 2019-08-20
1945-February-19 Accident: 11 Squadron Loc: Not Known Names: Apps | Grant | Hogan | Ireland | Mclellan | Murphy | Teasdale
1945-03-20 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20