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Warren, Bruce DFC (Flight Lieutenant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1951-April-05

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Birth Date: 1922-May-28 (age 28)

Born: Westaskiwin, Alberta

Son of Earl David and Marie Warren.

Husband of Ethel Louis Warren. Twin brother of Douglas Warren and also brother of Alta Marie Adam and Joyce Hockin.

Home: Westaskiwin, Alberta

Decorations: DFC, Air Medal


Distinguished Service Cross
Service
RCAF
Unit
CEPE- Central Experimental & Proving Establishment
Exporto Crede
Rank
Flight Lieutenant
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
19644
RCAF Test Pilot. Twin brother was also a very distinguised RCAF Officer. Mr. Robert Ostrander (Civilian Flight Engineer) also killed.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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Home
Google MapWestaskiwin, Alberta
Burial
Google MapYork Cemetery
Veteran's Plot Sec 5 Grave 14

Canuck 18102

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Flight Lieutenant Warren, Bruce (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1951-April-05
York Cemetery, Toronto, 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




YouTube Avro Canuck CF-100

Wkikpedia Wikipedia Avro Canuck

General Harold A Skaarup Web Page

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

Canuck Mk. 1 18102

Second prototype Canuck, carried same black paint scheme as 18101, was coded "FB*K" for early trials. Fitted with Avon engines. To Central Experimental and Proving Establishment at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, for initial RCAF trials from October 1950. Reached Mach 0.848 in a dive early in trials. Fitted with nose-mounted pitot tube for early company trials. Crashed on 5 April 1951 into Komoka Bog, west of London, Ontario. First Canuck loss and first fatal. RCAF Pilot Bruce Warren and observer Robert Ostrander (Avro Canada employee) were killed. Probable cause was failure of pilot's oxygen system. Formally taken on charge by RCAF on 23 June 1951, struck off same day.

1950-07-10 First Flight first flight, by Bill Watson 2019-08-20
1951-06-23 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
1951-06-23 Struck off Strength Struck off, see comments. 2019-08-20
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CEPE Exporto Crede (Central Experimental and Proving Establishment)

Museum Archives Association of Ontario

From the formation of the Air Board and the Canadian Air Force, test and development work was carried on at Ottawa Air Station (at Rockcliffe and Shirley's Bay). By 1930, a special Test Flight was established at Rockcliffe. Its purpose was to carry out investigations pertaining to flight testing, electronics, gunnery, navigation, and any aeronautical work that affected training. Due to the war, the demands for test flying for research and experiment increased and, as a result, the Test Flight was reorganized into the RCAF Test and Development Establishment in November 1940 and in 1946, its changed name to Experimental and Proving Establishment. Other experimental units such has the Winter Experimental Establishment were formed during and after the war. It was decided to centralize the control of their activities in one organization. On 1 September 1951 the Central Experimental and Proving Establishment was formed by the amalgamation of the E&PE at Rockciffe, the Winter Experimental Establishment at Edmonton, and the RCAF (National Research Council) Unit at Arnprior. Headquarters of CE&PE were at Rockcliffe, with detachments at several sites across Canada. In 1957 CE&PE was moved to RCAF Station Uplands, a move necessitated by the longer runways required for testing new jet aircraft.

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