Colville, William Freeborne (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-May-06

Flight Sergeant William Freeborne Colville RCAF

Birth Date: 1917-April-29

Born: Bowmanville, Ontario

Parents: Alexander & Annie Josephine Colville

Spouse:

Home: Bowmanville, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1940-October-23

Service

RCAF

Unit

11 (BR) Sqn- Squadron

Base

RCAF Stn, Torbay, Newfoundland

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

R/78383

Home
Google MapBowmanville, Ontario (parents)
Final Burial
Google MapCWG Cemetery
grave Plot 3 Row 3 Grave 15

Took off from Torbay on a ferry trip to Dartmouth NS

On lift off one or both engine sputtered then the engines surge and the Hudson rises to 100 feet whereupon a left bank, develops and deepens, the plane sinks, drags the port wing tip, and cartwheels into a fiercely burning inverted pile of wreckage.

Crew Killed: F/Lt Joseph Hyacinthe Ulysses LeBlanc RCAF C907 KIFA Flight Sergeant William Freeborne Colville RCAF R/78383 KIFA Sergeant Harold Fulford Taylor RCAF R/71922 KIFA

Passengers Killed: F/Lt Rudolf Irwin Ehrlichman RCAF C/2637 KIFA Sergeant Montezuma Hold Brothers RCAF R/51548 KIFA Cpl. Charles Frederick Else RCAF 18103A KIFA LAC Norman Clifford Fleischman RCAF R/84289 KIFA LAC Smith Edward Crymes RCAF R/70569 KIFA.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Crew or Other Personnel

Hudson 761

Sergeant Monty Holt Brothers RCAF

Sergeant Brothers, Monty Holt (RCAF)

Killed in Action
1942-May-06
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Flight Sergeant William Freeborne Colville RCAF

Flight Sergeant Colville, William Freeborne (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1942-May-06
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Smith Edward Crymes RCAF

Leading Aircraftman Crymes, Smith Edward (RCAF)
armourer
Killed in Action
1942-May-06
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Flight Lieutenant Rudolph Irwin Ehrlichman RCAF

Flight Lieutenant Ehrlichman, Rudolph Irwin (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1942-May-06
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Corporal Charles Frederick Else RCAF

Corporal Else, Charles Frederick (RCAF)
air frame mechanic
Killed in Action
1942-May-06
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Norman Clifford Fleischman RCAF

Leading Aircraftman Fleischman, Norman Clifford (RCAF)

Killed in Action
1942-May-06
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Flight Lieutenant Joseph Hyacinthe Ulysses Le Blanc RCAF

Flight Lieutenant Le Blanc, Joseph Hyacinthe Ulysses (RCAF)
administration
Killed in Action
1942-May-06
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Flight Sergeant Harold Fulford Taylor RCAF

Flight Sergeant Taylor, Harold Fulford (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1942-May-06
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Accident Card - Lockheed Hudson I serial:761

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-May-06. Hudson I s/n 761.

This accident involved 8 people. Brothers MH, Colville R, Crymes SE, Ehrlichman RI, Else CF, Fleischman NC, Leblanc HJU, Taylor HF

This accident had 8 fatalities. Flight Sergeant Harold Fulford Taylor RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/71922 Hudson 761, Flight Sergeant William Freeborne Colville RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/78383 Hudson 761, Leading Aircraftman Norman Clifford Fleischman RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/84249 Hudson 761, Sergeant Monty Holt Brothers RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/51548 Hudson 761, Leading Aircraftman Smith Edward Crymes RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/70596 Hudson 761, Corporal Charles Frederick Else RCAF Killed in Action service no:18103A Hudson 761, Flight Lieutenant Rudolph Irwin Ehrlichman RCAF Killed in Action service no:C/2637 Hudson 761, Flight Lieutenant Joseph Hyacinthe Ulysses Le Blanc RCAF Killed in Action service no:C/907 Hudson 761

Unit Desciption

11 (BR) Sqn ()