Hamilton, Ontario
190 Squadron. Catalina aircraft crashed.
Cenotaph at St. George Anglican Cemetery, Hannon, Hamilton Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Beare, Donald Sylvester (Flight Sergeant)
Killed in Action 1943-April-22
Birth Date: 1910-June-19
Born: Hamilton, Ontario
Parents: Son of Albert and Rhea Beare of Hamilton, Ontario.
Spouse:
Home: Hamilton, Ontario
Enlistment: Hamilton, Ontario
Enlistment Date: 1941-June-23
Service
RCAF
Unit
190 (CS) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Ex Tenebris Through darkness
Base
RAF Sullom Voe, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Position
Navigator
Service Numbers
R/114017
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
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Canso FP269
Canso serial: FP269
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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