Barnes, John Malcolm

Killed in Action 1943-10-01

Birth Date: 1913-July-17

Born:

John J. & Gertrude Barnes, of Toronto, Ontario

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

20 (MP) Sqn- Squadron (RAAF)

Base

RAAF Bowen, Qnslnd Australia

Rank

Flight Lieutenant

Position

Flight Lieutenant

Service Numbers

J/5310

Home
Google MapToronto, Ontario
First Burial
Google MapSingapore Memorial, Singapore
20 Squadron (Facta Non Verba). Catalina aircraft A2467 was shot down by AA fire carrying out a torpedo attack against an enemy freighter in the Pomelaa Harbour, Celebes Island Indonesia. Flight Lieutenant Barnes had flown Canso aircraft with 205 Squadron in December of 1941.Barnes died in the attack and is memorialized on the Cenotaph at St. James Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario

Crew:W/C Stanley Gordon Stilling DFC RAF KIA.F/Lt Jack Robert Hyde RAAF KIAFlying Officer Ronald Frank Dickinson RAAF KIAPilot Officer Norman Falkner Dwyer RAAF KIAPilot Officer Douglas Graham McDiarmed RAAF POW Died 1943-10-02Sergeant Thomas McMahom RAAF KIASergeant Frank Haydock Thomson RAAF KIACpl Samuel James Carnell RAAF KIAF/Lt John Malcolm Barnes RCAF J/5310 KIA Lt Cdr Palgrave Ebden Carr R.A.N. POW

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Canso A2467

Flight Lieutenant Barnes, John Malcolm (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1943-October-01
Singapore War Memorial, Singapore

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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