Butcher, Joseph Goodwin (Sergeant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1941-February-25
Birth Date: 1915-June-18
Born: Carman Manitoba
Parents: Son of Francis Joseph and Frederica Ida Butcher, of Carman, Manitoba
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Home: Carman, Manitoba
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
1 ANS- Air Navigation School
Base
RCAF Stn. Rivers, Manitoba
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/59269
Carman, Manitoba
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Anson 6250
Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. I serial:6250
This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1941-February-25. They are: Anson s/n 6250, Anson s/n 6250.
This accident involved 4 people. Butcher JG, Howarth HA, Lancaster LR, Prest WH
This accident had 8 fatalities. Sergeant William Henry Prest RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/64134 Anson 6250, Sergeant Harry Albert Howarth RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/63614 Anson 6250, Sergeant Harry Albert Howarth RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/63614 Anson 6250, Sergeant Joseph Goodwin Butcher RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/59269 Anson 6250, Sergeant William Henry Prest RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/64134 Anson 6250, Sergeant Joseph Goodwin Butcher RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/59269 Anson 6250, Leading Aircraftman Lloyd Ross Lancaster RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/52101 Anson 6250, Leading Aircraftman Lloyd Ross Lancaster RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/52101 Anson 6250
Mission
Anson Mk. I 6250
BCATP Training 1941-February-25 to 1941-February-25
() ANS (RCAF) Rivers, Manitoba
On 25 February 1941, Anson 6250 (ex-RAF W1675) of 1 ANS (Air Navigation School) departed RCAF Rivers MB, on a routine navigation flight. En route, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with heavy snow falls. The pilot did not have enough experience to fly by instruments and tried to fly by visual ground contact through a snow flurry. At approximately 1500 hrs, the aircraft flew into surface of Oak Lake, about 25 miles south-west of Rivers. The aircraft was destroyed and all four men aboard were killed.
Local search parties from the surrounding district searched all night by horse and sleigh for the plane, without success. Search parties from RCAF Rivers joined the search and the wreckage was found at 0800 hrs on the 26th February by Earl Williams, who lived on a farm near Oak Lake. The day before he had seen the plane flying in the storm and was sure it was going to crash and actually heard it. He rode several miles on horseback to look for the crashed aircraft but could not find it because of the storm. Wreckage was strewn for 70 yards around the plane when it was found. The bodies of the crew were found in the twisted wreck.Their bodies were returned to Rivers on the 27th. They were then sent to their home towns for burial.
source: Aviation Safety Network
Unit Desciption
1 ANS (1 Air Navigation School)
Nos. 1 & 2 Air Navigation Schools offered four-week courses in astronavigation and were the last step for Air Observers.
The RAF schools, Nos. 31, 32, and 33, provided the same training as Air Observer Schools.
NO1 ANS Ansons Rivers MB
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Trenton ON
NO1 ANS moved to Rivers Manitoba 23 November 1940
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Rivers MB
NO 1 ANS was redesignated Central Navigation School after an amalgamation with NO 2 ANS from Pennfield Ridge, NB May 11 1942
Project 44 BCATP
Manitoba Historical Society - 1 ANS History
Project 44 BCATP
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Squadron: ANS (RCAF)
Start Date: 1941-02-25
Completion Date: 1941-02-25
Mission: BCATP Training
Operation: unspecified
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Base: Rivers, Manitoba
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Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
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War Diary Unavailable
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On 25 February 1941, Anson 6250 (ex-RAF W1675) of 1 ANS (Air Navigation School) departed RCAF Rivers MB, on a routine navigation flight. En route, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with heavy snow falls. The pilot did not have enough experience to fly by instruments and tried to fly by visual ground contact through a snow flurry. At approximately 1500 hrs, the aircraft flew into surface of Oak Lake, about 25 miles south-west of Rivers. The aircraft was destroyed and all four men aboard were killed.
Local search parties from the surrounding district searched all night by horse and sleigh for the plane, without success. Search parties from RCAF Rivers joined the search and the wreckage was found at 0800 hrs on the 26th February by Earl Williams, who lived on a farm near Oak Lake. The day before he had seen the plane flying in the storm and was sure it was going to crash and actually heard it. He rode several miles on horseback to look for the crashed aircraft but could not find it because of the storm. Wreckage was strewn for 70 yards around the plane when it was found. The bodies of the crew were found in the twisted wreck.Their bodies were returned to Rivers on the 27th. They were then sent to their home towns for burial.
source: Aviation Safety Network