Douglas, Hamish Ian
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-04-25
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Service
RAF
Unit
(Ferry) Ferry Command- Ferry Command (RAF)
Base
RAF Gander, Newfoundland
Rank
Civilian
Position
Civilian
Service Numbers
First Burial
Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England.
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.findagrave.comLiberator B-24D-CO 411119
Ferry Flight 1942-April-24 to 1942-April-25
(Ferry) Ferry Command (RAF) Gander, Newfoundland
RAF Ferry Command B-24D Liberator aircraft (US) 41-1119 was engaged in a ferry flight out of Gander, Newfoundland, was missing on a ferry flight to Prestwick, Scotland. The Liberator was lost without a trace over the Bay of Donegal off the west coast of Ireland
Pilot, Group Captain H R Carefoot (RCAF), 2nd Pilot, Wing Commander M J C Stanley (RAF), Navigator, Pilot Officer W G J Woodmason DFC (RAF), Canadian civilian Radio Officer L B Doherty and Canadian civilian Flight Engineer H I Douglas were missing presumed killed in this flying accident
The missing have no known grave. Carefoot, Stanley and Woodmason are commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial. Douherty and Douglas are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
The missing have no known graveCarefoot, Woodmason and Stanley are commemorated on the Ottawa War Memorial
Douglas and Doherty are commemorated on the Runnymede War Memorial
Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie, page 312
[Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database]... Liberator 411119
Consolidated Liberator B-24 / F-7
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
Liberator bomber
Wikipedia Liberator bomber Liberator 411119 B-24D-CO - Ferry Flight - 1942-04-24 to 1942-04-25
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RAF Ferry Command B-24D Liberator aircraft (US) 41-1119 was engaged in a ferry flight out of Gander, Newfoundland, was missing on a ferry flight to Prestwick, Scotland. The Liberator was lost without a trace over the Bay of Donegal off the west coast of Ireland
Pilot, Group Captain H R Carefoot (RCAF), 2nd Pilot, Wing Commander M J C Stanley (RAF), Navigator, Pilot Officer W G J Woodmason DFC (RAF), Canadian civilian Radio Officer L B Doherty and Canadian civilian Flight Engineer H I Douglas were missing presumed killed in this flying accident
The missing have no known grave. Carefoot, Stanley and Woodmason are commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial. Douherty and Douglas are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
The missing have no known graveCarefoot, Woodmason and Stanley are commemorated on the Ottawa War Memorial
Douglas and Doherty are commemorated on the Runnymede War Memorial
Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie, page 312