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Schmidt, William John (Flying Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1956-May-15

Birth Date: 1930-November-02 (age 25)

Born: Medicine Hat, Alberta

Son of the late Gottfred and Josephine (nee Webster) Schmidt of Creston, British Columbia.

Husband of Mary Clare (ne Dowling) Schmidt and father of Mary Patricia and Brian John Schmidt of Winnipeg, Ma

Home: Medicine Hat, Alberta

Enlistment: Lethbridge, Alberta

Enlistment Date: 1952-06-26

Service
RCAF
Unit
445 Sqn- Squadron
Rank
Flying Officer
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
43689
Flying Officer K.D. Thomas also killed.

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Burial
Google MapBrookside Cemetery
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Canuck 18367

Flying Officer Schmidt, William John (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1956-May-15
Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Flying Officer Thomas, Kenneth Densmore (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Flying Accident
1956-May-15
Lundy's Lane Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Clunk

(RCAF Photo)Avro CF-100 Canuck Mk. 4B (Serial No. 18330), and (Serial No. 18364), No. 423 Squadron, based at No. 2 (F) Wing, RCAF Station Grostenquin, France, 9 Oct 1962.

The Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck (affectionately known as the "Clunk") was a Canadian jet interceptor/fighter in service during the Cold War both in NATO bases in Europe and as part of NORAD. The CF-100 was the only Canadian-designed fighter to enter mass production, serving primarily with the RCAF and the Canadian Armed Forces, and also in small numbers in Belgium. For its day, the CF-100 featured a short takeoff run and high climb rate, making it well suited to its role as an interceptor.

Production consisted of 5 pre-production CF-100 Mk. 2 aircraft, 74 machine gun armed CF-100 Mk. 3 aircraft, 280 CF-100 Mk. 4 aircraft armed with both machine guns and rocket pods, and 331 CF-100 Mk. 5 aircraft armed only with rocket pods. Harold Skaarup web page




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last update: 2021-11-17 15:56:36

Canuck Mk. 4B 18367

Served with No. 428 AW(F) Squadron, RCAF Station Uplands, Ontario, in the 1950s. Serving with No. 445 Squadron at time of crash. Crashed into the Villa Saint-Louis Convent, in Hiawatha Park of Orléans Ontario. Flying Officer W.J. Schmidt and Flying Officer K.D. Thomas killed, along with 13 people in convent.

1955-04-13 Taken on Strength 2019-08-20
1956-06-01 Struck off Strength Struck off, after Category A crash at Ottawa on 15 May 1956. 2019-08-20

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