Curry, Fred Burpee Jr (Squadron Leader)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-March-26
Birth Date: 1920-May-26
Born: Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Parents: Son of Fred Burpee Curry Sr and Edith Drummond (nee Murrie) Curry
Spouse: Husband of Mary W (nee Crawford) Curry
Home: Ottawa, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: 1939
Service
RCAF
Unit
115 (BR) Sqn- Squadron
Beware
Base
RCAF Station Annette Island, Alaska
Rank
Squadron Leader
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
C/993
Ottawa, Ontario
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Norseman 2481
Accident Card - Noorduyn Norseman Mk. IV serial:2481
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-March-26. Norseman IV s/n 2481.
This accident involved 7 people. Stapleford EB, Gloeckner MM, Street C, Curry FB, Mcmichael EK, Dowling IM, Kaiser AJ
This accident had 7 fatalities. Flight Lieutenant Ian Macmillan Dowling RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:C/3240 Norseman 2481, Flight Lieutenant Ernest Bunting Stapleford RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:C/3386 Norseman 2481, Squadron Leader Fred Burpee Curry RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:C/993 Norseman 2481, Leading Aircraftman Edward Kitchener McMichael RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/78654 Norseman 2481, Civilian Adelaide J Kaiser USO Killed in Flying Accident service no: Norseman 2481, Civilian Christine Street USO Killed in Flying Accident service no: Norseman 2481, Civilian Maxine Gloeckner USO Killed in Flying Accident service no: Norseman 2481
Mission
Norseman Mk. IV 2481
Transport 1943-March-26 to 1943-March-26
115 (BR) Sqn (RCAF) Ketchikan, Alaska
115 Lynx Squadron RCAF Annette Island, Alaska. Noordyne Norseman IV aircraft 2481 took-off Ketchikan, Alaska but encountered a sudden snow squall while attempting to land (on pontoons) at Metlakatla Harbour on Annette Island, Alaska. The Norseman crashed into the sea six miles north-west of Annette Island near Warburton Island, Alaska. The pilot and six passengers (3 United Service Organizations (USO) performers and 3 RCAF members) were all killed in this flying accident
Pilot, Squadron Leader Fred Burpee Curry (RCAF) and passengers Leading Aircraftman Edward Kitchener McMichael (RCAF), Flight Lieutenant Ian Macmillan Dowling (RCAF), Flight Lieutenant Ernest Bunting Stapleford (RCAF) and the three civilian USO performers, Maxine Gretchen Gloeckner, Adelaide Marie Kaiser and Christine Street were all killed in this flying accident
115 Squadron flew on communications, artillery co- operation and rescue operations under Western Air Command
Tragically, two days later, when the bodies of the three USO performers were being returned to the US mainland aboard a Dakota C-47 aircraft, one of the escorting 118 Squadron RCAF Kittyhawk aircraft AK 821 crashed, killing the pilot, Arthur Jarred (RCAF)(USA)
Quietus Last Flight, Accident Proneness in WWII, Wartime Aviation Stories on the Canadian Home Front by Anne Gafiuk, Chapters 5, 7
Norseman 2481 Mk. IV - Transport - 1943-03-26 to 1943-03-26
6 Group Unavailable
115 Lynx Squadron RCAF Annette Island, Alaska. Noordyne Norseman IV aircraft 2481 took-off Ketchikan, Alaska but encountered a sudden snow squall while attempting to land (on pontoons) at Metlakatla Harbour on Annette Island, Alaska. The Norseman crashed into the sea six miles north-west of Annette Island near Warburton Island, Alaska. The pilot and six passengers (3 United Service Organizations (USO) performers and 3 RCAF members) were all killed in this flying accident
Pilot, Squadron Leader Fred Burpee Curry (RCAF) and passengers Leading Aircraftman Edward Kitchener McMichael (RCAF), Flight Lieutenant Ian Macmillan Dowling (RCAF), Flight Lieutenant Ernest Bunting Stapleford (RCAF) and the three civilian USO performers, Maxine Gretchen Gloeckner, Adelaide Marie Kaiser and Christine Street were all killed in this flying accident
115 Squadron flew on communications, artillery co- operation and rescue operations under Western Air Command
Tragically, two days later, when the bodies of the three USO performers were being returned to the US mainland aboard a Dakota C-47 aircraft, one of the escorting 118 Squadron RCAF Kittyhawk aircraft AK 821 crashed, killing the pilot, Arthur Jarred (RCAF)(USA)
Quietus Last Flight, Accident Proneness in WWII, Wartime Aviation Stories on the Canadian Home Front by Anne Gafiuk, Chapters 5, 7
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