Hanover, Ontario10 North Atlantic Squadron, Gander, Newfoundland. Digby aircraft missing, presumed lost in the North Atlantic.
Schaefer, Kenneth George (Pilot Officer)
Killed in Action 1941-December-29
Birth Date: 1919-November-01
Born:
Parents: Son of John D. Schaefer and Elizabeth Schaefer, of Hanover, Ontario.
Spouse:
Home: Hanover, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
10 (BR) Sqn- Squadron
Base
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/6267
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Digby 744
Accident Card - Douglas Digby Mk. I serial:744
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1941-December-29. Douglas Digby s/n 744.
This accident involved 6 people. Chapman A, Heeney CG, Legon JS, Runte AW, Schaefer KG, Skidmore JW
This accident had 6 fatalities. Flying Officer James William Paul Skidmore RCAF Killed in Action service no:J/5105 Digby 744, Pilot Officer Albert William Runte RCAF Killed in Action service no:J/7782 Digby 744, Corporal Cecil George Heeney RCAF Killed in Action service no:P/3016 Digby 744, Pilot Officer Kenneth George Schaefer RCAF Killed in Action service no:J/6267 Digby 744, Flight Sergeant Arthur Chapman RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/65744 Digby 744, Leading Aircraftman John Sydney Legon RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/93484 Digby 744
Unit Desciption
10 (BR) Sqn ()
Battle honours
The Second World War
NORTH-WEST ATLANTIC, 1940-1945.
Lineage
Authorized as No.10 (Torpedo Bomber) Squadron’ 1 April 1938.Footnote1
Redesignated 'No.10 (Bomber) Squadron' 28 August 1939.Footnote2
Redesignated 'No.10 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron' 1 September 1939.Footnote3
Disbanded 13 August 1945.Footnote4
Notes:
No lineal connection with '10 Experimental Squadron', of 1967-70. See 10 Experimental Squadron.
Operational history
The Second World War
The squadron flew on anti-submarine operations on the Atlantic Coast under 'Eastern Air Command'.Footnote5
Footnotes
Footnote 1
GO 48/38. Authorized but not formed (AFGO 19/39)
Footnote 2
AFGO 41/39
Footnote 3
AFGO 57/39\
Footnote 4
Secret Organization Order 279, 4 August 1945, file S.17-10-1 (DOE), Kardex 181.009 (D5432)
Footnote 5
AFGO 25/40; Statement and Organization Charts for the Home and Overseas War and BCATP Organization, 15 April 1942, file S.8202, Kardex 181.002 (D421); Memorandum, Notes for CAS, Appendix A, 12 September 1939, Document Collection 77/543
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