Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Find-A-Grave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
Gypsumville, Manitoba
Consolidated Canso Catalina PBY PB2B A-10 OA-10 Black Cat
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
Canso PBY
Wikipedia Canso PBY
Harold A Skaarup Web PageCASPIR Aircraft Groups:
RCAF On Strength (274), RCAF 400 Squadron (13), Canadian Aircraft Losses (82)Canso A 11023
Fitted with prototype red light installation. To Eastern Air Command on 17 April 1944, for use by No. 160 (BR) Squadron from RCAF Stations Yarmouth, NS. Coded "A". Category B crash summer of 1944. To Clark Ruse Aircraft for repairs, 7 July to 30 November 1944. Stored until 20 April 1945, then served with No. 162 (BR) Squadron, in Iceland, coded "E". First aircraft from this unit to return to Canada after VE day, leaving Reykjavik on 7 June 1945, flown by S/L J.C. Wade. To Rockcliffe for use by photo squadrons. Crashed while doing training circuits at Shirley Bay (near Ottawa) on 23 July 1945. Dug in a tip float, water looped, tipped over and sank. 5 crew killed, 2 survivors rescued by civilian boats. To No. 6 Repair Depot for scrapping on 27 July 1945.
1943-12-06 Taken on Strength No. 3 Training Command 2019-08-20
1944-June-22 Accident: 160 Squadron Y Loc: Presque Isle Army Airfield Names: Baldwin | Cavanagh | Dutka | Dyke | Fletcher | Hughes | Maloney | Miller | Wilson
1945-July-23 Accident: 162 BR Loc: Lake Deschenes Ottawa Names: Beattie | Brown | Bulley | Gerding | Murphy | Olson | Whitehead
1945-09-19 Struck off Strength Struck off, scrapped. 2019-08-20
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