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Tingle, Aubrey Maxwell (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1943-January-07

Birth Date: 1914-March-31 (age 28)

Born: Chilliwack, British Columbia

Son of Cyril Nisbet Tingle and Beryl Broughton (nee McDermot) Tingle, of Chilliwack, British Columbia.

Home: Chilliwack, British Columbia

Enlistment: Vancouver, British Columbia

Enlistment Date: 1940-05-02

Service
RCAF
Unit
167 (BR) Sqn- Squadron
Base
Gander, Newfoundland
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
J/5767

Canso Canso A 9737

Operational 1943-January-07 to 1943-January-07

5 (AC) Sqn (RCAF) Gander, Newfoundland

5 Army Co-Operation Squadron (Volando Vincimus), Gander, Newfoundland. Canso aircraft 9737 QN-E was outward bound on an anti-submarine patrol, being flown by a crew from 167 Squadron RCAF when it crashed and burned three miles south of Gander Lake, Newfoundland

Investigation showed that the aircraft was loaded with fuel, ammunition and depth charges to within a few pounds of its maximum allowable take-off weight. While crossing Gander Lake the crew experienced the severe turbulence and shortly after passing over the lake, as the aircraft started to turn, it clipped the tops of trees in rising ground and crashed

Squadron Leader NE Small DFC AFC (RCAF), Pilot Officer DL Hudson (RCAF), Flying Officer AM Tingle (RCAF), FS JT Mangan (RCAF), and Sergeant HE White (RCAF) were all killed in action

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Flying Officer Tingle was BROTHER to Squadron Leader Cyril Nisbet Tingle Jr (RCAF), killed in an automobile accident in Belgium 1944-11-27 while serving with the Overseas Headquarters in London, UK and COUSIN to Pilot Officer Leicester James Tingle (RCAF), killed in a flying accident with RAF Ferry Command while delivering Dakota C-47 aircraft KG 396 that crashed on approach to land in Reykjavik, Iceland, 1944-03-05

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

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Burial
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Plot 3 Row 2 Grave 13

Canso 9737

Pilot Officer Hudson, Donald Leslie (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1943-January-07
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Pilot Officer Mangan, John Thomas (RCAF)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-January-07
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Squadron Leader Small, Norville Everett (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-January-07
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Flying Officer Tingle, Aubrey Maxwell (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-January-07
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Sergeant White, Harold Ernest (RCAF)
Aero Engine Mechanic
Killed in Action
1943-January-07
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, 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.

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

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Canso Canso A 9737

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Ordered by RCAF as a Catalina, equivalent to PBY-5. Order converted to amphibian before completion. Renamed Canso on 22 December 1941. Served with No. 5 (BR) Squadron from 16 December 1941, in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, or Quebec, coded "E". Seen at Mt.-Joli, Quebec, late 1942, with full code "QN-E". With this unit at Gander in January 1943, being flown by a crew of No. 162 Squadron, and famed Hudson pilot Squadron Leader N.E. Small, DFC, on mission to determine maximum useful range of Cansos over the North Atlantic. Small and crew were on loan to 5 Squadron to determine what could be done to extend useful range of the Canso. Took off at 06:30 AM local time on 7 January 1943, at maximum weight, and soon struck turbulence. Struck trees near Gander Lake, then crashed and caught fire. Wreckage not sighted for several days. 4 fatalities, including Squadron Leader Small, 3 survivors.

1941-12-11 Taken on Strength 2019-08-20
1943-January-07 Accident: 5 BR Squadron Loc: Gander Names: Banning | Hudson | Mangan | Small | Tingle | White | Wilson
1943-05-19 Struck off Strength Struck off by No. 19 Sub-Repair Depot at Torby, Newfoundland after crashing, see comments. 2019-08-20

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