Ferguson, Archie Earl (Warrant Officer 2)

Killed in Action 1943-December-07

Warrant Officer 2 Archie Earl Ferguson RCAF

Birth Date: 1919-February-27

Born:

Parents: Son of Stanley Stapleton Ferguson and Flossie Simons Ferguson; husband of Lois Griffin Ferguson, of Fort Erie, Ontario.

Spouse: Husband of Lois Griffin Ferguson, of Fort Erie, Ontario.

Home: Port Colborne, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

160 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Api Soya Paragasamu We seek and strike

Base

RAF Sigiriya, Ceylon

Rank

Warrant Officer 2

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/131186

Home

Port Colborne, Ontario

Final Burial

Commonwealth War Cemetery Kandy
1 C 2

160 Burma Squadron (Api Soya Paragasamu). Liberator aircraft crashed. addendum: See page 224. The crew of Liberator aircraft BZ 885 took off on an anti-sub patrol when the aircraft dived into the ground, shortly after take-off, at Sigiriya, Ceylon. WO.s W.C. Love, G.M. Stockwell, E.C. Currie, R.W. MacDonald, WO. K.F. Perera, F/0. D.G. Davie (RAF), and FS. D. Kirk (RAF) were all killed in the crash. The aircraft caught fire and the depth charges exploded. Cenotaph at Oakwood Cemetery, Port Colborne, Niagara Regional Municipality. Ontario, Canada

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