Black, James Calvin

Killed in Action 1942-06-08

Birth Date: 1921-February-01

Born: Regina, Regina Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada, Canada

Son of John Calvin Black MD, CM, and Joanna Jane McGregor Black, of Regina, Saskatchewan

Home: Regina, Saskatchewan

Enlistment: Regina, Saskatchewan

Enlistment Date: 1941-01-07

Service

RCAF

Unit

415 TTU- Torpedo Training Unit

Base

RAF Abbotsinch

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Flight Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/8518
Prev: R/85181

Home

Regina, Saskatchewan

First Burial

Hawkhead Cemetery, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Torpedo Training Unit, aircraft accident at RAF Abbotsinch aerodrome, Renfrewshire Scotland.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial

www.findagrave.com

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Hampden Mk. I AT237

Operational 1942-June-08 to 1942-June-08

415 (CS) Sqn (RCAF) RAF North Coates

415 Swordfish Squadron (Ad Metam) Hampden I aircraft AT 237 crashed and burned on a torpedo training flight at Abbotsinch, Scotland. It was suspected that the port engine failed on take-off

Warrant Officer Class 2 DB McGregor (RCAF) and FS JC Black (RCAF) were both killed in this flying accident

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Hampden AT237

Flight Sergeant Black, James Calvin (RCAF)
Observer
Killed in Action
1942-June-08
Hawkhead Cemetery, Paisley, Renfrewshire, UK

Male Head

Warrant Officer 2 McGregor, David Burnett (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1942-June-08
Hawkhead Cemetery, Paisley, Renfrewshire, UK

Handley Page Hampden

(RCAF Photo via Chris Charland)(Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page)
Handley Page Hampden (Serial No. P5428), of No. 32 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Patricia Bay, British Columbia, in the torpedo-bomber training role between May 1942 and February 1944.

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Handley Page developed a modern stressed-skin mid-wing monoplane, powered by Bristol Pegasus radial air cooled engines, with its first flight in 1936. It had the most advanced wings available at the time, giving it a remarkably low landing speed of 73 mph for an aircraft of its size, with a top speed of 265 mph. The Hampden had a short, narrow but tall main fuselage with a very slender tail unit. This configuration led to the nicknames "Flying Panhandle" and "Flying Suitcase". At the end of the war, no complete or partial Hampden aircraft were retained for museum display.

The Hampden served in the early stages of the war, bearing the brunt of the early bombing war over Europe, taking part in the first night raid on Berlin and in the first 1000-bomber raid on Cologne.In Canada, Hampdens were built by six companies that formed Associated Aircraft. There were three in Ontario and three in Quebec, hence they were identified as the Ontario Group and Quebec Group. They supplied all the the components to the two assembly plants. The Ontario Group's assembly plant was at the Malton Airport, while the Quebec group's assembly plant was at the St. Hubert Airport. Canadian Museum of Flight and Harold A Skaarup web page

YouTube Handley Page Hampden in Flight