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Muffitt, Edward Earle (Flight Lieutenant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-November-02

Male Head

Birth Date: 1909 (age 34)

Son of Charles E. and Hester R. Muffitt; husband of Hester R. Muffitt, of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

Husband of Hester R. Muffitt, of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

Home: Coe Hill, Ontario

Service
RCAF
Unit
131 OTU- Operational Training Unit
Rank
Flight Lieutenant
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/8372

Canso FP120

Operational 1943-November-02 to 1943-November-02

(AS) OTU (RAF) Castle Archdale

Catalina aircraft FP 120 last known position was off Malinmore Head, Northern Ireland. Depth charges exploded on board; crashed into the Atlantic off the Donegal coast during on a training exercise

Sergeant PP Bacon 1216706 RAF; Sergeant C Barraclough 1029627 RAF; FO DH Disney J/14405 RCAF; FO K Hipwell 127286 RAF; Sergeant J Male 970123 RAF;Flt Lt EE Muffit J/8372 RCAF ; Sergeant CE Poots 1392444 RAF; Sergeant HE Scarman 576483 RAF; Sergeant A Upton 1456621 RAF. All missing presumed killed and commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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

Flight Lieutenant Edward Earle Muffitt has no known grave.

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Canso FP120

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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last update: 2022-03-15 19:52:22

Canso FP120



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