Verdun, Quebec
206 Sqn (Nihil Nos Effugit) RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland. Liberator GR VI aircraft FV 885 failed to return from an anti-submarine patrol over the North Sea, last reported position was 25 miles West of Varhaug, Norway and is believed to have been attacked by enemy aircraft.
Pilot Officer AM Cleland (RCAF), Pilot Officer LG McKinnon (RCAF), Pilot Officer JA Nadeau (RCAF)(USA), Flying Officer TMC Ball (RAF), Flying Officer PF Carlisle DFC (RAFVR), Warrant Officer KD Fox (RAFVR), Sergeant JA Gillett (RAFVR), FS WR Hoyle DFM (RAFVR) and Warrant Officer WG Lewis (RAFVR) were all missing, believed killed. These air crew members have no known graves and are all commemorated on the Runnymede War Memorial.
Pilot Officer Nadeau (then F/S) and FS Hoyle had been injured in 206 Sqn Liberator GR VI EV 873 on July 20,1944, when it crashed on take-off with a full load of fuel and depth charges. Flight Sergeant Nadeau and FS Hoyle were thrown clear and slightly injured. The other eight crew members were killed in the crash (A Storr, P Clare & Biggles at www.ww2talk.com)
Cleland, Andrew McNeill (Pilot Officer)
Killed in Action 1944-September-28
Birth Date: 1923-July-02
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Home: Verdun, Quebec
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Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
206 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Nihil Nos Effugit Nothing escapes us
Base
RAF Leuchars
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Wireless Air Gunner
Service Numbers
J/92275
Prev: R/159670
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Liberator EV885
Liberator serial: EV885
(DND Photos via James Craik) (Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page)
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.
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
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