Birth Date: 1923-May-04
Born: Montreal Quebec
Parents: Andrew & Lena Harris
Spouse:
Home: Montreal, Quebec (parents)
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
1 GRS- General Reconnaissance School
Base
RCAF Stn. Summerside, PEI.
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/120045
Took off from Summerside in Anson Mk I on a routine daylight navigation exercise.
During the flight, the aircraft struck a tree and crashed when the pilot was engaged in unauthorized low-level flying.
Killed includes Harris: Sergeant Cyril Herbert Bennett RCAF R/101488 KIA Pilot Officer Ronald William Reeves RAF KIA People's Cemetery, Summerside, Plot 244. Sec. 9. Pilot Officer Charles Howard Rudge RAF KIA People's Cemetery, Summerside, Plot 244. Sec 9.
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-October-29. Anson I s/n N9688.
This accident involved 4 people. Bennett CH, Harris GP, Reeves RW, Rudge CH
This accident had 4 fatalities. Pilot Officer Ronald William Reeves RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:133983 Anson N9688, Pilot Officer Charles Howard Rudge RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:133986 Anson N9688, Sergeant Cyril Herbert Bennett RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/101488 Anson N9688, Sergeant George Patrick Harris RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/120045 Anson N9688
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Summerside PEI
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Canadian Virtual War Memorial
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