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Veiersted, Jens Arnold Kraft WM (Norway) (Kvartermester/Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-August-14

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Norway

Birth Date: 1919-October-03 (age 22)

Born: Valdres, Oppland fylke, Norway

Son of Jens Veiersted and Astrid Veiersted

Home: Valdres, Oppland fylke, Norway

Decorations: WM (Norway)

Service
RNorAF

Unit
45 Group (RAF)

Base
Dorval, Quebec

Rank

Position
Pilot (Captain)

Service Numbers

Canso Mk. lb FP151

Ferry Flight 1942-August-14 to 1942-August-14

45 (T) Group (RAF) Elizabeth City, North Carolina, USA

45 Group RAF Transport Command, Dorval, Quebec. Catalina IB aircraft FP151 was engaged in a ferry flight between Elizabeth City US Coast Guard Station, North Carolina, USA and the water aerodrome at Boucherville, Quebec, Canada when it crashed in poor weather conditions at at sea off Cape Charles, Virginia, USA with the loss of the four crew aboard

Pilot, Quarter Master (Petty Officer) JAK Veiersted (RNAF), American civilian pilot FO Anderson, Newfoundland civilian Radio Officer HT Moores and British civilian Flight Engineer JHK Parker were all missing, presumed killed in this flying accident

The missing have no known graves. Moores and Parker are commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial. Anderson is commemorated at a cemetery in New Sweden, Maine, USA. Veiersted is commemorated at a cemetery on Oslo, Norway

Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie, page 313 {link,general,https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19420814-0, Aviation Safety Network}}

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Kvm (Kvartermester/Sergeant) Veiersted had trained at "Little Norway" in Toronto, Ontario, Canada before joining 45 Group. The Quarter master rank was the equivalent of Petty Officer or Sergeant

General Personell Little Norway 1940-1945

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General Jens Arnold Kraft Veiersted - War sailor Register

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Kvartermester/Sergeant Jens Arnold Kraft Veiersted has no known grave.

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Valdres, Oppland fylke, Norway

Canso FP151

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Civilian Pilot (Captain) Anderson, Frederick Orin (RAF)
Pilot/1st Officer
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-August-14
cemetery unknown

Civilian Moores, Harry Thomas (RAFBOAC)
Radio Officer
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-August-14
cemetery unknown

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Civilian Parker, Joseph Henry Kitchen (RAF)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-August-14
cemetery unknown

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Kvartermester/Sergeant Veiersted, Jens Arnold Kraft (RNorAF)
Pilot (Captain)
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-August-14
cemetery unknown

Consolidated Canso Catalina PBY PB2B A-10 OA-10 Black Cat

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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