Alexander, David Tasker P

Killed in Action 1943-06-07

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Birth Date: 1921-February-28

Born:

Home: Windsor, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

209 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Might And Main

Base

RAF Castle Archdale N.I.

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Flying Officer

Service Numbers

J/12453

Home
Google MapWindsor, Ontario
First Burial
Google MapStellawood Cemetery, Durban, Natal, Africa
259 Squadron (Haya ingia napigane) Catalina I aircraft FP 275 E borrowed by 209 Sqn, stalled making a night landing and crashed at Lake St Lucia, South Africa. Flying Officer D.T. Alexander (209 Sqn attd 259 Sqn, RCAF) and 209 Sqn crew members Flight Lieutenant D.W. Foster (RAF), Sergeant K.G. Gambell (RAF), Sergeant K.G. Griffiths (RAF), Flight Lieutenant J.A.B. Kennedy (RAF), Sergeant E. Lynch (RAF)(259 Sqn.), Sergeant H.D.G. Shaw (RAF) and Sergeant E. Stevens (RAF)(259 Sqn.) killed (COL BRUGGY & R.J. Ragnarsson www.rafcommands.com).

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

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Canso FP275

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Flying Officer Alexander, David Tasker P (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-June-07
Stellawood Cemetery, Selborne Road, Umbilo, Durban, South Africa

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.
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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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