Casey, Brian Anthony (Flight Lieutenant)

Killed in Action 1943-May-05

Flight Lieutenant Brian Anthony Casey RCAF

Birth Date: 1917-September-12

Born: Sandwich West, Windsor, Essex County, Ontario, Canada

Parents: Son of Fred Charles Casey & Ivy (nee Hobbs) Casey

Spouse:

Home: Sandwich West, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: 1939

Mentioned in Dispatches (1)

Service

RCAF

Unit

5 (BR) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Frangas Non Flectas Thou mayest break but shall not bend me

Base

RCAF Station Gander, Newfoundland

Rank

Flight Lieutenant

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

C/1061

Home
Google MapSandwich West, Ontario
Final Burial
Google MapCWG Cemetery
Plot 2 Row 5 Grave 1

Crew or Other Personnel

Canso 9807

Flight Lieutenant Jean Paul Barsalou RCAF

Flight Lieutenant Barsalou, Jean Paul (RCAF)
2nd Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-May-05
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Flight Lieutenant Brian Anthony Casey RCAF

Flight Lieutenant Casey, Brian Anthony (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-May-05
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Flying Officer James Rayson Wallace Cleeland RCAF

Flying Officer Cleeland, James Rayson Wallace (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1943-May-05
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Corporal Urbain Edmond Antoine Dube RCAF

Corporal Dube, Urbain Edmond Antoine (RCAF)
2nd Flight Engineer
Survived
1943-May-05
cemetery unknown

Pilot Officer James Herbert Millar RCAF

Pilot Officer Millar, James Herbert (RCAF)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-May-05
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Warrant Officer 1 Alexander Frederick Morrice RCAF

Warrant Officer 1 Morrice, Alexander Frederick (RCAF)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-May-05
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Sergeant John Benjamin Stallwood RCAF

Sergeant Stallwood, John Benjamin (RCAF)
1st Flight Engineer
Killed in Action
1943-May-05
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Accident Card - Consolidated Canso A serial:9807

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-May-05. Cnso A s/n 9807.

This accident involved 7 people. Cleeland JR, Millar JH, Casey BA, Barsalou JP, Morrice AF, Stallwood JB, Dube UEA

This accident had 6 fatalities. Pilot Officer James Herbert Millar RCAF Killed in Action service no:J/20859 Canso 9807, Warrant Officer 1 Alexander Frederick Morrice RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/93368 Canso 9807, Flight Lieutenant Jean Paul Barsalou RCAF Killed in Action service no:C/1237 Canso 9807, Flying Officer James Rayson Wallace Cleeland RCAF Killed in Action service no:J/11797 Canso 9807, Sergeant John Benjamin Stallwood RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/122657 Canso 9807, Flight Lieutenant Brian Anthony Casey RCAF Killed in Action service no:C/1061 Canso 9807

Mission

Canso A 9807

Reconnaissance 1943-May-05 to 1943-May-05

5 (BR) Sqn (RCAF) RCAF Station Gander, Newfoundland

5 (BR) Squadron, RCAF Station Gander, Newfoundland. Canso A 9807 F was outward-bound on an anti-submarine patrol when it crashed into bush immediately after take-off from Gander Newfoundland. The aircraft was completely demolished by the crash and the subsequent explosion of fuel and depth charges, killing six of the seven aircrew aboard

Flight Lieutenant Brian Anthony Casey MiD (RCAF), Flight Lieutenant Jean Paul Barsalou (RCAF), Flying Officer James Rayson Wallace Cleeland (RCAF), Pilot Officer James Herbert Millar (RCAF), Warrant Officer Class 2 Alexander Frederick Morrice (RCAF) and Sergeant John Benjamin Stallwood (RCAF) were all killed in action

Corporal Urbaine Edmond Antoine Dube (RCAF) survived the crash, seriously injured

The cause of the loss of this aircraft was not determined but a recommendation was made that a Canso should not be fully loaded at take-off if the wind conditions are too "rough" or strong

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Canso serial: 9807

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

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Aircraft Images

Canso 9807

Canso A 9807

Served with No. 5 (BR) Squadron in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, or Quebec, coded "F". Crashed near Gander in early 1943 (or 1944?). To No. 19 Sub Repair Depot at RCAF Station Gander, Newfoundland on 6 May 1943. Wreckage still on site in 2012.
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1943-02-12 Taken on Strength Eastern Air Command 2019-08-20
1943-May-05 Accident: 5 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Barsalou | Casey | Cleeland | Dube | Millar | Morrice | Stallwood
1944-03-20 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20

Unit Desciption

5 (BR) Sqn Frangas Non Flectas ( x)

History of the Squadron during WWII (Aircraft: Audax, Mohawk IV, Hurricane IIc, IId, Thunderbolt I & II)

The Maple leaf in the badge reflects the squadron's close association with the Canadian Corps during WWI.

At the outbreak of war in September 1939, No. 5 Squadron were based in the North-West Frontier of India at Fort Sandeman (now Zhob, Pakistan), equipped with the Westland Wapiti biplane. The squadron became a light bomber unit when it converted to the Hawker Hart in June 1940. It became a fighter unit, equipped with obsolete Hawker Audaxes, in February 1941. In December 1941, the squadron relocated to RAF Dum Dum, Calcutta, and began to receive their first monoplane – the American-built Curtiss Mohawk Mk.IV. After the outbreak of hostilities with Japan, the squadron moved to RAF Dinjan, Assam, in May 1942, and was tasked with escorting Bristol Blenheim bombers over north west Burma (now Myanmar). Its first operational fighter sortie was flown in July 1942. In January 1943, the squadron began flying RHUBARB operations, on targets on the Imphal and Chindwin rivers, and these became an important part of the squadron’s activities. In June 1943 while the squadron was based at RAF Kharagpur, the Mohawks were replaced by Hawker Hurricane Mk.IId’s for ground attack missions, although they did not use them on vehicles until the following January. Later the squadron converted to Hurricane IIc’s and returned to more normal bomber escort and interdiction duties. In June of 1944, the squadron re-equipped with North American Thunderbolts, returning to operations in December. Duties were a mixture of escorts to Dakotas dropping supplies, RHUBARBS and dive bombing with wing-mounted 500 lb (227 kg) bombs. The last operations were bombing in support of the invasion of Rangoon. At the end of the hostilities, the squadron returned to India where it converted to Tempests and was disbanded in August 1947.

Maps for Movements of No. 5 Squadron 1941-45

MAP 1 Bases used by 5 Sqn RAF 1941-45 (right-click on image to display enlarged in new tab)