Webber, Denis Charles Leslie
Killed in Flying Accident 1949-12-11
Birth Date: 1922
Born: Thanet District, Kent, England
Son of Harold W Webber and Evelyn M (nee Eley) Webber of England
Home: Trenton, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Decorations: DFC
Service
RAF
Unit
1 (AC) AAS- Air Armament School
Base
RCAF Station Trenton
Rank
Squadron Leader
Position
Acting Squadron Leader
Service Numbers
116778
Home
Trenton, Ontario
Acting Squadron Leader Webber DFC (RAF) was in Canada on exchange and serving as Squadron Leader, RCAF Central Flying School at RCAF Station, Trenton at the time of his death
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Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Mitchell Mitchell II series ii HD341
Meteorological 1949-December-11 to 1949-December-11
1 () AAS (RCAF) RCAF Station Trenton
1 Air Armament School, RCAF Station Trenton. Mitchell aircraft HD 341, returning from a routine meteorological flight, when the port engine caught fire. The flames spread to the fuselage, and the Mitchell exploded in mid-air; it crashed in a field 7 miles south-east of RCAF Station Trenton, killing the aircraft's crew of four. A local witness on the ground, stated that it appeared that the pilot deliberately avoided crashing into a populated area by veering the burning aircraft in another direction
[Royal air Force Serial and Image Database]... Mitchell HD341
North American Mitchell B-25 B-25D B-25J
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
The North American B-25 Mitchell is an American medium bomber that was introduced in 1941 and named in honor of Major General William "Billy" Mitchell, a pioneer of U.S. military aviation. Used by many Allied air forces, the B-25 served in every theater of World War II, and after the war ended, many remained in service, operating across four decades. Produced in numerous variants, nearly 10,000 B-25s were built.
The North American B-25 Mitchell was flown by the RCAF during and after the Second World War. The RCAF flew the B-25 Mitchell for training during the war and continued flying operations after the war, in Canada with most of 162 Mitchells received. The first B-25s had originally been diverted to Canada from RAF orders. These included one Mitchell Mk. I, 42 Mitchell Mk. IIs, and 19 Mitchell Mk. IIIs. No 13 (P) Squadron was formed unofficially at RCAF Station Rockcliffe in May 1944 and flew Mitchell Mk. IIs on high-altitude aerial photography sorties. No. 5 OTU (Operational Training Unit) at Boundary Bay, British Columbia and Abbotsford, British Columbia, operated the B-25D Mitchell in a training role together with B-24 Liberators for Heavy Conversion as part of the BCATP. The RCAF retained the Mitchell until October 1963.
No. 418 (Auxiliary) Squadron received its first Mitchell Mk. IIs in January 1947. It was followed by No. 406 (Auxiliary), which flew Mitchell Mk. IIs and Mk. IIIs from April 1947 to June 1958. No. 418 Operated a mix of Mk. IIs and Mk. IIIs until March 1958. No. 12 Squadron of Air Transport Command also flew Mitchell Mk. IIIs along with other types from September 1956 to November 1960. In 1951, the RCAF received an additional 75 B-25Js from USAF stocks to make up for attrition and to equip various second-line units..Wikipedia and Harold Skaarup web page
Mitchell Bomber
Wikipedia Mitchell Bomber 1 (AC) AAS (Air Armament School)
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Mountain View Ontario Ontario Mitchell HD341 Mitchell II series ii - Meteorological - 1949-12-11 to 1949-12-11
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1 Air Armament School, RCAF Station Trenton. Mitchell aircraft HD 341, returning from a routine meteorological flight, when the port engine caught fire. The flames spread to the fuselage, and the Mitchell exploded in mid-air; it crashed in a field 7 miles south-east of RCAF Station Trenton, killing the aircraft's crew of four. A local witness on the ground, stated that it appeared that the pilot deliberately avoided crashing into a populated area by veering the burning aircraft in another direction