Birth Date: 1922
Born:
Harry H. & Mary L. Connell
Home: Granville Center, Nova Scotia (parents)
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RCAF
Unit
204 (BR) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Praedam mari quaero I seek my prey in the sea
Base
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Position
Flight Sergeant
Service Numbers
R/76031
Sunderland Mk I L-2158 made a forced landing in the sea off Sierra Leone/Gambia, West Africa.
Killed includes Connell:Flight Sergeant Walter Douglas Maconnell RCAF R/71384 KIA Malta Memorial Panel 5, Column 2.Sergeant William Arthur Davis RAF KIA Malta Memorial Panel 3, Column 2.Flight Sergeant Edward Charles George Jackman RAF KIA Malta Memorial Panel 3, Column 2.
Safe:Pilot Officer J Quinn RAFPilot Officer H V Horner RAAFSergeant L G James RAFSergeant J P O'Meara RAFTotal crew of eight men
The Short S.25 Sunderland was a British flying boat patrol bomber, developed and constructed by Short Brothers for the Royal Air Force (RAF). The aircraft took its service name from the town (latterly, city) and port of Sunderland in North East England.
Developed in parallel with the civilian S.23 Empire flying boat, the flagship of Imperial Airways, the Sunderland was developed specifically to conform to the requirements of British Air Ministry Specification R.2/33 for a long-range patrol/reconnaissance flying boat to serve with the Royal Air Force (RAF). As designed, it served as a successor to the earlier Short Sarafand flying boat. Sharing several similarities with the S.23, it featured a more advanced aerodynamic hull and was outfitted with various offensive and defensive armaments, including machine gun turrets, bombs, aerial mines, and depth charges. The Sunderland was powered by four Bristol Pegasus XVIII radial engines and was outfitted with various detection equipment to aid combat operations, including the Leigh searchlight, the ASV Mark II and ASV Mark III radar units, and an astrodome.
The Sunderland was one of the most powerful and widely used flying boats throughout the Second World War. In addition to the RAF, the type was operated by other Allied military air wings, including the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), South African Air Force (SAAF), Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF), French Navy, Norwegian Air Force, and the Portuguese Navy. During the conflict, the type was heavily involved in Allied efforts to counter the threat posed by German U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic.Wikipedia
Granville Center, Nova Scotia (parents)
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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