Murray, Leo James

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-05-20

Birth Date: 1919-November-05

Born:

Son of Edward S. Murray and Caroline Murray; husband of Jean Murray, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

5 Sqn- Squadron

Base

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Flying Officer

Service Numbers

J/10106
Prev: R/106246

Home
Google MapWinnipeg, Manitoba
First Burial
Google MapOttawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario
5 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron (Volando Vincimus), Torbay, Newfoundland. Canso aircraft lost.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

This incident involved multiple aircraft:

  1. Canso A Serial: 9773

All the above aircraft in the above list are referenced in this report.

Findagrave.com

Canso 9773

Flight Lieutenant Byers, Alan Gordon (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-20
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Flight Sergeant Campbell, Archibald Burton (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-20
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Warrant Officer 1st Class Clow, Charles Bernard Everett (RCAF)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-20
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Lieutenant Garand, G (Army)

Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-20
cemetery unknown

Captain Gauthier, Joseph Alphonse Paul Eugene (Army)

Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-20
cemetery unknown

Flight Sergeant Herman, Donald Lawrence (RCAF)
armourer
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-20
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Male Head

Flight Sergeant McGimsie, Bruce Reginald (RCAF)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-20
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Flying Officer Murray, Leo James (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-20
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Flight Sergeant Nolan, Walter Francis James (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-20
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Flying Officer Poole, Joseph Basil (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-20
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Male Head

Leading Seaman Williams, Harvey Aylmer Garnons (RCN)
Engine Room Artificer
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-20
Halifax Memorial, Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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.
Hornell pby Yarmouth 1943 (003).jpg image not found

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

YouTube Canso PBY

Wikipedia Wikipedia Canso PBY

General Harold A Skaarup Web Page

Canso 9773

Canso A 9773

Served with No. 5 (BR) Squadron in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, or Quebec, coded "G". Missing on 20 May 1944, on mission to dispose of unserviceable dynamite and pyrotechnics. All crew and 4 passengers (at least one Army) killed. Took off from Torbay, Newfoundland for this mission.

1943-03-18 Taken on Strength Eastern Air Command 2019-08-20
1944-May-20 Accident: 5 Squadron Loc: Cape St Francis Newfoundland Names: Byers | Campbell | Clow | Herman | Mcgimsie | Murray | Nolan | Poole
1944-07-21 Struck off Strength Written off, after going missing on operations. 2019-08-20