Williams, Harvey Aylmer Garnons (Leading Seaman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-May-20

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Birth Date: 1923-March-03

Born:

Parents: Son of Aylmer G. Williams, and of Irene G. Williams, of Medicine Hat, Alberta.

Spouse:

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCN

Unit

5 Sqn- Squadron

Base

RCAF Stn. Torbay, Newfoundland

Rank

Leading Seaman

Position

Engine Room Artificer

Service Numbers

21917

Memorial Location
Google MapHalifax Memorial
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Crew or Other Personnel

Canso 9773

Flight Lieutenant Alan Gordon Byers RCAF

Flight Lieutenant Byers, Alan Gordon (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-20
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Flight Sergeant Archibald Burton Campbell RCAF

Flight Sergeant Campbell, Archibald Burton (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-20
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Warrant Officer 1 Charles Bernard Everett Clow RCAF

Warrant Officer 1 Clow, Charles Bernard Everett (RCAF)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-20
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Lieutenant G Garand Army

Lieutenant Garand, G (Army)

Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-20
cemetery unknown

Captain Joseph Alphonse Paul Eugene Gauthier Army

Captain Gauthier, Joseph Alphonse Paul Eugene (Army)

Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-20
cemetery unknown

Flight Sergeant Donald Lawrence Herman RCAF

Flight Sergeant Herman, Donald Lawrence (RCAF)
armourer
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-20
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Flight Sergeant Bruce Reginald McGimsie RCAF

Flight Sergeant McGimsie, Bruce Reginald (RCAF)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-20
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Flying Officer Leo James Murray RCAF

Flying Officer Murray, Leo James (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-20
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Flight Sergeant Walter Francis James Nolan RCAF

Flight Sergeant Nolan, Walter Francis James (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-20
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Flying Officer Joseph Basil Poole RCAF

Flying Officer Poole, Joseph Basil (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-20
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Leading Seaman Harvey Aylmer Garnons Williams RCN

Leading Seaman Williams, Harvey Aylmer Garnons (RCN)
Engine Room Artificer
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-20
Halifax Memorial, Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Accident Card - Consolidated Canso A serial:9773

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-May-20. Cnso A s/n 9773.

This accident involved 8 people. Byers AG, Campbell AB, Clow CBE, Herman DL, Mcgimsie BR, Murray LJ, Nolan WFJ, Poole JB

This accident had 11 fatalities. Lieutenant G Garand Army Killed in Flying Accident service no: Canso 9773, Leading Seaman Harvey Aylmer Garnons Williams RCN Killed in Flying Accident service no:21917 Canso 9773, Captain Joseph Alphonse Paul Eugene Gauthier Army Killed in Flying Accident service no: Canso 9773, Flight Sergeant Donald Lawrence Herman RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/71231 Canso 9773, Flight Sergeant Bruce Reginald McGimsie RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/78943 Canso 9773, Flight Lieutenant Alan Gordon Byers RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:C/1612 Canso 9773, Flight Sergeant Archibald Burton Campbell RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/181104 Canso 9773, Flying Officer Joseph Basil Poole RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/22439 Canso 9773, Warrant Officer 1 Charles Bernard Everett Clow RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/72674 Canso 9773, Flight Sergeant Walter Francis James Nolan RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/174786 Canso 9773, Flying Officer Leo James Murray RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/10106 Canso 9773

Canso serial: 9773

RCAF Canso A (Serial No. 9754), No. 162 Squadron, F/L David Ernest Hornell aircraft.

The Consolidated Catalina and Canso were close cousins. The Canso was the true amphibious version of the design and therefore included a conventional undercarriage to allow for either water or land use. The Canso provided more than two decades of valuable service to the RCAF. The Catalina variant came first and was produced beginning in 1935 for the United States Navy. The amphibious version, designated PBY-5A, came in service early in 1941 and the RCAF began using the aircraft on anti-submarine patrols that same year. After the Second World War, the RCAF used Cansos for search and rescue, Arctic survey missions and various transport operations. RCAF

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Aircraft Images

Canso 9773

Canso A 9773

Served with No. 5 (BR) Squadron in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, or Quebec, coded "G". Missing on 20 May 1944, on mission to dispose of unserviceable dynamite and pyrotechnics. All crew and 4 passengers (at least one Army) killed. Took off from Torbay, Newfoundland for this mission.

1943-03-18 Taken on Strength Eastern Air Command 2019-08-20
1944-May-20 Accident: 5 Squadron Loc: Cape St Francis Newfoundland Names: Byers | Campbell | Clow | Herman | Mcgimsie | Murray | Nolan | Poole
1944-07-21 Struck off Strength Written off, after going missing on operations. 2019-08-20