Wiskin, James Harold Charles

Killed in Action 1940-04-20

Birth Date: 1919-September-14

Born:

Son of James H. Wiskin and Vera Wiskin, of Belleville; husband of Molly M. Wiskin, of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Home: Belleville, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

10 (BR) Sqn- Squadron

Base

Rank

Aircraftman 1st Class

Position

Aircraftman 1st Class

Service Numbers

2645

Home
Google MapBelleville, Ontario
First Burial
Google MapCataragu1 Cemetery, Kingston, Ontario
10 North Atlantic Squadron. AC1 Wiskin lost his life when his Douglas Digby aircraft 743 crashed at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

This incident involved multiple aircraft:

  1. Digby Mk. I Serial: 743

All the above aircraft in the above list are referenced in this report.

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Digby 743

Aircraftman 1st Class Wiskin, James Harold Charles (RCAF)

Killed in Action
1940-April-20
Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Douglas Digby

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3581607) (Source Harold A Skaarup web page)
Douglas Digby Mk. I, RCAF (Serial No. 740), coded R, No. 10 (Bomber) Squadron, RCAF.
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The RCAF acquired 20 Douglas Digby Mk. I in 1940. These were American twin engine B-18A Bolo bombers which served during the late 1930s and early 1940s. The Digby, named after the RAF school of bombing at RAF Digby, was based on the Douglas DC-2 airframe. The RCAF Digbys were immediately issued to No. 10 Squadron to replace the squadron's Westland Wapitis, to carry out anit-submarine patrol duties. RCAF Eastern Air Command (EAC) Digbys carried out 11 attacks on U-boats. U-520 was confirmed sunk by Flying Officer F. Raymes' crew of No. 10 (BR) Squadron, on 30 October 1942, east of Newfoundland. The Digby antisubmarine role was relatively short-lived, and they were superseded in this role in 1943 by Consolidated B-24 Liberators, which had a much heavier payload and a substantially longer range which finally closed the mid-Atlantic gap.Harold Skaarup web page

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General Harold A Skaarup Web Page

10 (BR) Sqn ()

Battle honours

The Second World War

NORTH-WEST ATLANTIC, 1940-1945.

Lineage

Authorized as ‘No.10 (Torpedo Bomber) Squadron’ 1 April 1938.Footnote1

Redesignated 'No.10 (Bomber) Squadron' 28 August 1939.Footnote2

Redesignated 'No.10 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron' 1 September 1939.Footnote3

Disbanded 13 August 1945.Footnote4

Notes:

No lineal connection with '10 Experimental Squadron', of 1967-70. See 10 Experimental Squadron.

Operational history

The Second World War

The squadron flew on anti-submarine operations on the Atlantic Coast under 'Eastern Air Command'.Footnote5

Footnotes

Footnote 1

GO 48/38. Authorized but not formed (AFGO 19/39)

Footnote 2

AFGO 41/39

Footnote 3

AFGO 57/39\

Footnote 4

Secret Organization Order 279, 4 August 1945, file S.17-10-1 (DOE), Kardex 181.009 (D5432)

Footnote 5

AFGO 25/40; Statement and Organization Charts for the Home and Overseas War and BCATP Organization, 15 April 1942, file S.8202, Kardex 181.002 (D421); Memorandum, Notes for CAS, Appendix A, 12 September 1939, Document Collection 77/543

Government of Canada

Digby 743

Digby Mk. I 743

With No. 10 (BR) Squadron, RCAF Station Dartmouth, NS. Category A crash at Dartmouth at 14:30 on 20 April 1940. Some parts salvaged when scrapped.

1940-03-12 Taken on Strength Eastern Air Command 2019-08-20
1940-April-20 Accident: 10 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Barry | Dennis | Richardson | Thomas | Wiskin | Wood
1940-07-13 Struck off Strength Struck off, scrapped by No. 10 Squadron 2019-08-20