Carscadden, Cyril Hudson
Killed in Flying Accident 1945-02-04
Birth Date: 1917-November-17
Born:
James Milton & Adelia A. Carscadden
Home: Vancouver, British Columbia (patents)
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Decorations: DSO
Service
RCAF
Unit
5 OTU- Operational Training Unit
Base
RCAF Abbotsford, BC
Rank
Squadron Leader
Position
Squadron Leader
Service Numbers
J/2968
First Burial
Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver BC
Took off from 5 OTU at Abbotsford BC on a night training flight.
Liberator B-24J Mk VI EW- crashed into a mountain side three miles north-west of Whonnock, British Columbia. All 7 occupants of the aircraft were killed,
Killed:Squadron Leader Cyril Hudson Carscadden RCAF J/2968 KIA Mountain View Cemetery Vancouver Abray. Block 3. Plot 19. Lot 14.F/Lt Walter George Deveson RCAF J/12574 KIA Royal Oak Burial Park Sec. D. Plot 22. Grave 17.F/Lt Roy Edward Maynard RCAF J/23453 KIA Royal Oak Burial Park Sec. D. Plot 22. Grave 10.Sergeant Harold John Niemi RCAF R/117196 KIA Rouyn-Noranda Cimitiere Notre Dame Grave E.5832.Flying Officer Walter Schneeberger RCAF J/28601 KIA Brookside Cemetery Winnipeg Sec. C. Lot 114.Pilot Officer Joseph Jean Leon Therien RCAF J/47056 KIA Notre Dame Des Neige Montreal Sec. B. Lot 1765.Pilot Officer Herbert Stanley Weiss RCAF J/47055 KIA Shaare Zion Congregation Montreal Grave 315.
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.findagrave.comThis incident involved multiple aircraft:
- Liberator B. Mk. VI Serial: EW134
All the above aircraft in the above list are referenced in this report.
Liberator EW134
Consolidated Liberator B-24 / F-7
Consolidated Liberator G.R. Mk. VIII, RCAF (Serial No. 11130) ex-USAAF Consolidated (Vultee) B-24L Liberator USAAF (44-50154)
ex-RAF (Serial No. 5009), ex-Indian Air Force (Serial No. HE773).
Currently preserved in the Canada Aviation and Space Museum Ottawa Ontario.
The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was an American heavy bomber flown by the RCAF during the Second Word War. It was designed with a shoulder-mounted, high aspect ratio Davis wing which gave the Liberator a high cruise speed, long range and the ability to carry a heavy bomb load. Early RAF Liberators were the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic Ocean as a matter of routine. In comparison with its contemporaries the B-24 was relatively difficult to fly and had poor low speed performance; it also had a lower ceiling compared with the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Of the roughly 18,500 B-24s built in the USA during the war, 148 were flown by the RCAF on long range anti-submarine patrols, with the B-24 serving an instrumental role in closing the Mid-Atlantic gap in the Battle of the Atlantic. The RCAF also flew a few B-24s post war as transports.
Roughly half of all (RAF) Liberator crews in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theatre were Canadian by the end of the war. John Muir of Vancouver flew the longest mission of the war: 24hrs, 10mins from Ceylon to Burma and back. (Kyle Hood) Harold Skaarup web page
Liberator bomber
Wikipedia Liberator bomber
Harold A Skaarup Web Page5 OTU (5 Operational Training Unit)
The Operational Training Unit (OTU) was the last stop for aircrew trainees. They spent 8 to 14 weeks learning to fly operational aircraft (Hawker Hurricane or Fairey Swordfish, e.g.). The instructors had experience in actual operations, and often were posted to OTUs after their operational tour.
RCAF.Info Liberator EW134
Liberator B. Mk. VI EW134
Ex USAAF B-24J-20-CF, serial number 42-99820. With No. 5 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Stations Boundary Bay and/or Abbotsford, BC. Coded "G". Category A crash on Thorn Hill, near Whonnock, BC (12 miles north-west of Abbotsford, on the Fraser River) on 4 February 1945. 7 fatalities. To No. 3 Repair Depot on 8 February 1945 for write off.1944-04-13 Taken on Strength Western Air Command 2019-08-20
1945-February-04 Accident: 5 Operational Training Unit Loc: Whennock British Columbia Names: Beveson | Carscadden | Maynard | Niemi | Schneeberger | Therien | Weiss
1945-03-14 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20