St Giles, Lincoln, England
US Navy Training Sqn VN8D8-A, USN Station Pensacola, Florida, US Navy SNJ-4 (Harvard Trainer) collided with PBY Catalina Mk Ib FP-166 one mile off Santa Rosa Island, USA.
LAC WJ Clegg RAF was killed. Please see Clark, DH for casualty list and detail
Clegg, William Joseph (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Action 1944-February-07
Birth Date: 1922
Born:
Home: St Giles, Lincoln, England
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RAFVR
Unit
Sqn- Squadron (USN)
Base
VN8D8-A USN Sqn
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Service Numbers
1623761
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Crew or Other Personnel
Canso FP166
Canso serial: FP166
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
Canso PBY
Wikipedia Canso PBY
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