Carley, Edward Claremont (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-January-13

Leading Aircraftman Edward Claremont Carley RCAF

Birth Date: 1910-February-05

Born: Montreal, Quebec

Parents: Florence Carley

Spouse:

Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba (mother)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

1 AONS- Air Observer Navigation School (RAF)

Base

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/80290

Home
Google MapWinnipeg, Manitoba (mother)
Final Burial
Google MapKirkinner Cemetery
Grave 569

The crew of Anson aircraft AW-850 were killed when it went into a spin and crashed at Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland.

Killed includes Carley: Sergeant Irwin Clarence Ross RCAF R/72648 pilot KIA Kirkinner Cemetery Grave 570. Flight Sergeant Angus Buchanan RAF KIA Mount Verno) Roman Catholic Cemetery Edinburgh Sec. D. Grave 66. LAC Richard Eric Henson RAF KIA Normanton Cemetery Degby Grave 2504. LAC Wilfred Jones RAF KIA St. Cynfran Churchyard Llysfaen Wales New ground. Grave 82.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Anson serial: AW850

Avro Anson Mk. V
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
The Museum's Anson Mk. V was built by MacDonald Brothers in Winnipeg in 1944. It flew with No. 7 Photographic Wing and No. 414 Squadron in Ottawa on photo survey work until the late 1940s. In 1956, it was purchased by INCO and used for mineral surveying until 1980, when it was donated to the Museum. The exterior is painted in the yellow colour common to all BCATP trainers and is in its same wartime RCAF markings.

The Avro Anson was known by a number of nicknames including "Faithful Annie" or "Flying Greenhouse". It was the first aircraft to be flown by the Royal Canadian Air Force to have a retractable undercarriage, which was a comparative novelty in 1936. In 1940, a Canadian government owned company, Federal Aircraft Limited, was created in Montreal to manufacture the Anson for Canadian use. Nearly 3,000 Anson aircraft were produced and, in the early days of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), the Anson was the standard trainer for many pilots, observers (navigators), wireless operators and bomb aimers. More than 20,000 aircrew received training on the Anson. In Canadian service, the aircraft was substantially re-designed with the substitution of North American engines and many other airframe and equipment changes. Harold Skaarup web pages

unvetted Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page

YouTube Avro Anson History

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