Turnbridge Wells, Kent, England
10 North Atlantic Squadron, Gander, Newfoundland. Digby aircraft crashed.
Mather, William Hume (Pilot Officer)
Killed in Action 1941-July-26
Birth Date: 1915-November-14
Born:
Parents: Son of Hume and Winifred Mather, of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England.
Spouse:
Home: Turnbridge Wells, Kent, England
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
10 (BR) Sqn- Squadron
Base
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/3779
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Digby 742
Accident Card - Douglas Digby Mk. I serial:742
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1941-July-26. Douglas Digby s/n 742.
This accident involved 5 people. Crawford TJ, Hunt MS, Mather WH, Mcdavid RL, Tomsett ME
This accident had 6 fatalities. Pilot Officer Allan Gower Pratt RCAF Killed in Action service no:J/6031 Digby 742, Sergeant Mervyn Samuel Hunt RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/60720 Digby 742, Flight Lieutenant Martin Edward Tomsett RCAF Killed in Action service no:C/1069 Digby 742, Sergeant Ronald Laird McDavid RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/73032 Digby 742, Corporal Thomas James Larmour Crawford RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/65841 Digby 742, Pilot Officer William Hume Mather RCAF Killed in Action service no:J/3779 Digby 742
Unit Desciption
10 (BR) Sqn ()
Battle honours
The Second World War
NORTH-WEST ATLANTIC, 1940-1945.
Lineage
Authorized as No.10 (Torpedo Bomber) Squadron’ 1 April 1938.Footnote1
Redesignated 'No.10 (Bomber) Squadron' 28 August 1939.Footnote2
Redesignated 'No.10 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron' 1 September 1939.Footnote3
Disbanded 13 August 1945.Footnote4
Notes:
No lineal connection with '10 Experimental Squadron', of 1967-70. See 10 Experimental Squadron.
Operational history
The Second World War
The squadron flew on anti-submarine operations on the Atlantic Coast under 'Eastern Air Command'.Footnote5
Footnotes
Footnote 1
GO 48/38. Authorized but not formed (AFGO 19/39)
Footnote 2
AFGO 41/39
Footnote 3
AFGO 57/39\
Footnote 4
Secret Organization Order 279, 4 August 1945, file S.17-10-1 (DOE), Kardex 181.009 (D5432)
Footnote 5
AFGO 25/40; Statement and Organization Charts for the Home and Overseas War and BCATP Organization, 15 April 1942, file S.8202, Kardex 181.002 (D421); Memorandum, Notes for CAS, Appendix A, 12 September 1939, Document Collection 77/543
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