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Morton, Kenneth Storey (Major)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-November-08

Male Head

Birth Date: 1915 (age 28)

Service
Army
Unit
116 Sqn- Squadron
Rank
Major
Position
Service Numbers
64114
From Walker: With No. 116 (BR) Squadron at RCAF Station Botwood, Newfoundland. Crashed during night landing on glassy water at Bay of Exploits, near Botwood, Newfoundland on 6 November 1943. Aircraft water looped and nosed under. Sank after 5 survivors exited aircraft, wreckage never located. 7 fatalities, 5 survivors. Was transporting senior officers touring the island from Torbay to Botwood. Official report classified cause of accident as "obscure". Several attempts were made to locate wreckage, but this was abandoned on 19 November 1943. Kenneth Storey Morton Royal Artillery

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Major Kenneth Storey Morton has no known grave.

Crew on Canso A 9834

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.

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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CASPIR Aircraft Groups:
RCAF On Strength (274), RCAF 400 Squadron (13), Canadian Aircraft Losses (82)
last update: 2022-03-15 19:52:22

Canso A 9834

With No. 116 (BR) Squadron at RCAF Station Botwood, Newfoundland. Crashed during night landing on glassy water at Bay of Exploits, near Botwood, Newfoundland on 6 November 1943. Aircraft water looped and nosed under. Sank after 5 survivors exited aircraft, wreckage never located. 7 fatalities, 5 survivors. Was transporting senior officers touring the island from Torbay to Botwood. Official report classified cause of accident as "obscure". Several attempts were made to locate wreckage, but this was abandoned on 19 November 1943.
1943-08-04 Taken on Strength Eastern Air Command 2019-08-20
1943-November-08 Accident: 116 Squadron Loc: Botwood Names: Cairns | Dalgleish | Epstein | Hirtle | Ings | Jones | Lowther | Marsh | Mills | Morton | Redmand | Watson
1944-03-27 Struck off Strength Struck off after crash, see comments 2019-08-20

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