Walsh, Harold Francis
Missing 1955-07-25
Birth Date: 1937-July-25
Born: Edson, Alberta
Son of Frances Biers of Victoria, British Columbia and Ken Walsh.
Home: Edson, Alberta
Enlistment: Victoria, British Columbia
Enlistment Date: 1954-06-30
Service
RCAF
Unit
3 AFS- Advanced Flying School
Base
Gimli, Manitoba, Canada
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Pilot Officer
Service Numbers
224981
Home
Edson, Alberta
First Burial
Canada
1955-07-25 - Silver Star aircraft 21356 reported missing and presumed lost, piloted by Pilot Officer HF Walsh, RCAF Student. Full scale search operations conducted by 111 Squadron from Winnipeg with Otter Aircraft.
1955-08-02 - Search for Pilot Officer HF Walsh still continuing.
1955-08-15 - Group Commander, Air Commodore JG Bryans, paid a short visit to the unit with regard to missing aircraft 21356.
It appears that his aircraft has never been found and it is suspected that it is somewhere in lake Winnipeg, Manitoba. The find a grave record indicates he was cremated, i suspect this detail is also wrong.
Winnipeg Tribune - 1955-07-26-p-1.jpeg image not found Selkirk Enterprise - 1955-08-03-p-6.jpg image not found
Son of Mrs Frances Gertrude Walsh, GM
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
www.findagrave.comLockheed CT-133 Silver Star Shooting Star T-33 T-33A CT-33
The Canadair CT-133 Silver Star (company model number CL-30) is the Canadian license-built version of the Lockheed T-33 jet trainer aircraft, in service from the 1950s to 2005.
The Canadair CT-133 was the result of a 1951 contract to build T-33 Shooting Star trainers for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). The powerplant is a Rolls-Royce Nene 10 turbojet instead of the Allison J33 used by Lockheed in the production of the original T-33. A project designation of CL-30 was given by Canadair and the name was changed to Silver Star. The appearance of the CT-133 is very distinctive due to the large fuel tanks usually carried on each wingtip. A total of 656 CT-133 aircraft were built by Canadair.
The CT-133 entered service in the RCAF as its primary training aircraft for fighter/interceptors. The designation of the Silver Star in the Canadian Forces was CT-133.
The CT-133's service life in the RCAF (and later the Canadian Forces) was extremely long. One of the more unusual roles it played was as an aerobatic demonstration aircraft, the RCAF's Red Knight. Although the aircraft stopped being used as a trainer in 1976, there were still over 50 aircraft in Canadian Forces inventory in 1995. The youngest of these airframes was then 37 years old and had exceeded its expected life by a factor of 2.5. During this period, the Canadair T-33 was employed in communication, target towing, and enemy simulation.Wikipedia
Wikipedia Canadair CT-133 Silver Star
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