Trask, Marion Ellis (Warrant Officer 2nd Class)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-May-14

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Marion Ellis Trask RCAF

Birth Date: 1914-July-26

Born:

Parents: Son of C. Arnold Trask and Elta Lorena Trask, of Hanley.

Spouse:

Home: Hanley, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

2 ANS- Air Navigation School

Base

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Rank

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

R/98950

Home

Hanley, Saskatchewan

Final Burial

Woodlawn Cemetery Saskatoon
Block J Lot 45 Grave 11813

2 Air Navigation School, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. BROTHER to Woodrow Arnold Trask. Anson aircraft 11687 did not return from a navigation exercise. LACs A.V. Murphy and B.N. Gildemaster were also killed.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

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

Crew or Other Personnel

Anson 11687

Corporal Norman Bernard Gildemaster RCAF

Corporal Gildemaster, Norman Bernard (RCAF)
wireless operator, ground
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-14
Gretna Cemetery, Gretna, Manitoba, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Arthur Vincent Murphy RCAF

Leading Aircraftman Murphy, Arthur Vincent (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-14
Mount Hope Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Marion Ellis Trask RCAF

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Trask, Marion Ellis (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-14
Woodlawn Cemetery Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. V serial:11687

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-May-14. Anson V s/n 11687.

This accident involved 5 people. Ellis W, Gildemaster NB, Murphy AV, Trask ME, Wilson TA

This accident had 3 fatalities. Corporal Norman Bernard Gildemaster RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/162100 Anson 11687, Warrant Officer 2nd Class Marion Ellis Trask RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/98950 Anson 11687, Leading Aircraftman Arthur Vincent Murphy RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/193815 Anson 11687