Ottawa War MemorialFS D O Bevan (RCAF), Sergeant G Craven (RAAF), Sergeant R Harding (RAF), Sergeant R Thompson (RAF), US Civilian Pilot Capt. B H Pierce, and Canadian Civilian Radio Operator J H Auld were all missing, believed killed on a Ferry Delivery flight from Bermuda to England.
Auld, James Hamilton (Civilian)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-December-25
Birth Date: 1912-October-01
Born:
Son of Neil McVicar Auld and Margaret (nee Hamilton) Auld
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RAF
Unit
45 (Ferry) Group (RAF)
Base
RAF Bermuda
Rank
Civilian
Position
Civilian
Service Numbers
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Canso FP266
Mission
Canso FP266
Ferry Flight 1942-December-25 to 1942-December-25
() Ferry Command (RAF) Bermuda
RAF Ferry Command Catalina Ib aircraft FP 266 was lost on a trans-Atlantic delivery flight from Bermuda to the United Kingdom, cause unknown
FS DO Bevan (RCAF), Sergeant G Craven (RAAF), Sergeant R Harding (RAF), Sergeant R Thompson (RAF), US Civilian Pilot Capt. BH Pierce, and Canadian Civilian Radio Operator JH Auld were all missing, believed killed in this flying accident
The missing have no known grave and all are commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial
Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie pages 316,359
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Canso serial: FP266
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
Canso PBY
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Canso FP266
Canso FP266
1942-December-25 Accident: RAF Ferry COMMAND Loc: Names: Bevan | Craven | Hamilton | Harding | Pierce | Thompson
Canso FP266 - Ferry Flight - 1942-12-25 to 1942-12-25
Squadron: Ferry Command (RAF)
Start Date: 1942-12-25
Completion Date: 1942-12-25
Mission: Ferry Flight
Operation: unspecified
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Base: Bermuda
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Crash City: Atlantic Ocean
Crash Specifics: unspecified
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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RAF Ferry Command Catalina Ib aircraft FP 266 was lost on a trans-Atlantic delivery flight from Bermuda to the United Kingdom, cause unknown
FS DO Bevan (RCAF), Sergeant G Craven (RAAF), Sergeant R Harding (RAF), Sergeant R Thompson (RAF), US Civilian Pilot Capt. BH Pierce, and Canadian Civilian Radio Operator JH Auld were all missing, believed killed in this flying accident
The missing have no known grave and all are commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial
Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie pages 316,359 [Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database]...
In Memoriam - Those Air Force Pilots/Crews who died on this day i...