Collis, Reginald Stephen (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1941-May-23

Male Head

Birth Date: 1916-July-25

Born:

Home: Barrie, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

210 (BR) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
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Base

RAF Gibraltar

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Flying Officer

Service Numbers

J/7756
Prev: C/7756

Home
Google MapBarrie, Ontario
Memorial Location
Google MapRunnymede Memorial Surrey
Panel 59

Took off from Gibraltar on final leg of delivery flight to England.

Aircraft was lost in the sea on its transit flight to England.

Killed includes Collis: LAC Robert Evelyn Brodie RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 56. Sergeant Ronald Frank Brooks RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 40. F/Lt Reginald William Gautrey RAF KIA Malta Memorial Panel 1, Column 1. Sergeant Leslie Littlefair RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 47. Pilot Officer Kenneth Granville Anderson Marsh RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 33. Flight Sergeant John Roy Massey RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 37. AC1 Howard Stephen McKeown RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 57. F/Lt Christopher Mackinnon Scrutton RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 29.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

www.findagrave.com

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Mission

Canso serial: AH560

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

YouTube Canso PBY

Wikipedia Wikipedia Canso PBY

unvetted Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page