Freese, Gunnar (Flying Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-October-20

Flying Officer Gunnar Freese RCAF

Birth Date: 1908

Born:

Parents: Conrad and Eva Freese, of Helsingfors, Finland; husband of Sylvia Freese, of Montreal.

Spouse: Sylvia Freese, of Montreal.

Home: Helsingfors, Finland

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

1 NAGS- Naval Air Gunnery School

Base

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

aero engine mechanic

Service Numbers

J/10396

Home
Google MapHelsingfors, Finland
Final Burial
Google MapMount Royal Cemetery
Sec G943 Grave 432
1 Naval Air Gunnery School, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Anson aircraft 11233 and Anson aircraft 7146 were in a mid-air collision before they crashed five miles south of Digby, Nova Scotia. Two Fleet Air Arm airmen, ALA. R.E. Stanier, ALA. H. Taylor, and F/O, Freese were killed in aircraft 7146. Flying Officer J.N. Richardson, and two Fleet Air Arm airmen, ALA. J.A. Bennett and ALA. A.D. Brookes were killed in aircraft 11233.

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)

Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. II serial:7146

This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1944-October-20. They are: Anson II s/n 11233, Anson II s/n 7146.

This accident involved 6 people. Bennett JA, Brooks AD, Freese G, Richardson JN, Strainier RE, Taylor H

This accident had 6 fatalities. Flying Officer Gunnar Freese RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/10396 Anson 7146, Leading Airman Henry Taylor RN FAA Killed in Flying Accident service no:FX 614771 Anson 7146, Leading Airman Raymond Edgar Stanier RN FAA Killed in Flying Accident service no:FX/605203 Anson 7146,Leading Aircraftman John Arthur Bennett RN FAA Killed in Flying Accident service no:FX606923 Anson 11233, Leading Aircraftman Albert David Brookes RN FAA Killed in Flying Accident service no:FX605894 Anson 11233, Flying Officer John Norman Richardson RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/38151 Anson 11233

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