Nelson, Harold Perry
Killed in Flying Accident 1944-11-23
Birth Date: 1911-July-09
Born:
Reuben L. and Rose Estella Nelson, of Spokane; husband of Jean Nelson, of Seattle.
Home: Spokane, Washington, USA
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RCAF
Unit
4 (Comm Flight) TC- Training Command
Base
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Flying Officer
Service Numbers
J/43176
Spokane, Washington, USA
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.findagrave.comThis incident involved multiple aircraft:
- Expeditor Mk. 3T Serial: 1410
All the above aircraft in the above list are referenced in this report.
Expeditor 1410
Beechcraft Expeditor
Beechcraft CT-128 Expeditor Mk. 3TM (Serial No. A-734), (Serial No. CA-134), RCAF (Serial No. 1534), coded AO-N, Air Transport Command.
The Beechcraft Model 18 (or "Twin Beech", as it is also known) is a 6- to 11-seat, twin-engined, low-wing, tailwheel light aircraft manufactured by the Beech Aircraft Corporation of Wichita, Kansas. Continuously produced from 1937 to November 1969 (over 32 years, a world record at the time), over 9,000 were built, making it one of the world's most widely used light aircraft. Sold worldwide as a civilian executive, utility, cargo aircraft, and passenger airliner on tailwheels, nosewheels, skis, or floats, it was also used as a military aircraft.
During and after World War II, over 4,500 Beech 18s were used in military service – as light transport, light bomber (for China), aircrew trainer (for bombing, navigation, and gunnery), photo-reconnaissance, and "mother ship" for target drones – including Royal Canadian Airforce (RCAF), United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) C-45 Expeditor, AT-7 Navigator, and AT-11 Kansan; and United States Navy (USN) UC-45J Navigator, SNB-1 Kansan, and others. In World War II, over 90% of USAAF bombardiers and navigators and pilots trained in these aircraft.
In the early postwar era, the Beech 18 was the pre-eminent "business aircraft" and "feeder airliner". Besides carrying passengers, its civilian uses have included aerial spraying, sterile insect release, fish stocking, dry-ice cloud seeding, aerial firefighting, air-mail delivery, ambulance service, numerous movie productions, skydiving, freight, weapon- and drug-smuggling, engine testbed, skywriting, banner towing, and stunt aircraft.Wikipedia
Expeditor
Wikipedia Expeditor 
Harold A Skaarup Web Page 4 (Comm Flight) TC (4 Training Command)
Project 44 BCATPExpeditor 1410
Expeditor Mk. 3T 1410
Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 43-35710. Lend-Lease serial HB228 also reserved, probably never marked. First issued to No. 4 TC Comm Flight. Crashed at Calgary on 24 November 1944, all 6 occupants killed.1944-05-15 Taken on Strength No. 4 Training Command 2019-08-20
1944-November-23 Accident: 4 TC COMM FLIGHT Loc: Calgary Names: Atkinson | Buckle | Burt | Nelson | Walton | Williams
1945-02-22 Struck off Strength Struck off after Category A crash at Calgary, Alberta on 24 November 1944. 2019-08-20