Herman, Donald Lawrence (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-May-20

Flight Sergeant Donald Lawrence Herman RCAF

Birth Date: 1912-March-22

Born:

Parents: Son of Charles and Molly Herman; husband of Diana Herman, of Gimli, Manitoba.

Spouse: Husband of Diana Herman, of Gimli, Manitoba.

Home: Gimli, Manitoba

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

5 Sqn- Squadron

Base

RCAF Stn. Torbay, Newfoundland

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

armourer

Service Numbers

R/71231

Home
Google MapGimli, Manitoba
Memorial Location
Google MapOttawa War Memorial
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Crew or Other Personnel

Canso 9773

Flight Lieutenant Alan Gordon Byers RCAF

Flight Lieutenant Byers, Alan Gordon (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-20
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Flight Sergeant Archibald Burton Campbell RCAF

Flight Sergeant Campbell, Archibald Burton (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-20
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Warrant Officer 1 Charles Bernard Everett Clow RCAF

Warrant Officer 1 Clow, Charles Bernard Everett (RCAF)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-20
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Lieutenant G Garand Army

Lieutenant Garand, G (Army)

Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-20
cemetery unknown

Captain Joseph Alphonse Paul Eugene Gauthier Army

Captain Gauthier, Joseph Alphonse Paul Eugene (Army)

Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-20
cemetery unknown

Flight Sergeant Donald Lawrence Herman RCAF

Flight Sergeant Herman, Donald Lawrence (RCAF)
armourer
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-20
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Flight Sergeant Bruce Reginald McGimsie RCAF

Flight Sergeant McGimsie, Bruce Reginald (RCAF)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-20
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Flying Officer Leo James Murray RCAF

Flying Officer Murray, Leo James (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-20
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Flight Sergeant Walter Francis James Nolan RCAF

Flight Sergeant Nolan, Walter Francis James (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-20
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Flying Officer Joseph Basil Poole RCAF

Flying Officer Poole, Joseph Basil (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-20
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Leading Seaman Harvey Aylmer Garnons Williams RCN

Leading Seaman Williams, Harvey Aylmer Garnons (RCN)
Engine Room Artificer
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-20
Halifax Memorial, Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Canso serial: 9773

RCAF Canso A (Serial No. 9754), No. 162 Squadron, F/L David Ernest Hornell aircraft.

The Consolidated Catalina and Canso were close cousins. The Canso was the true amphibious version of the design and therefore included a conventional undercarriage to allow for either water or land use. The Canso provided more than two decades of valuable service to the RCAF. The Catalina variant came first and was produced beginning in 1935 for the United States Navy. The amphibious version, designated PBY-5A, came in service early in 1941 and the RCAF began using the aircraft on anti-submarine patrols that same year. After the Second World War, the RCAF used Cansos for search and rescue, Arctic survey missions and various transport operations. RCAF

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Aircraft Images

Canso 9773

Canso A 9773

Served with No. 5 (BR) Squadron in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, or Quebec, coded "G". Missing on 20 May 1944, on mission to dispose of unserviceable dynamite and pyrotechnics. All crew and 4 passengers (at least one Army) killed. Took off from Torbay, Newfoundland for this mission.

1943-03-18 Taken on Strength Eastern Air Command 2019-08-20
1944-May-20 Accident: 5 Squadron Loc: Cape St Francis Newfoundland Names: Byers | Campbell | Clow | Herman | Mcgimsie | Murray | Nolan | Poole
1944-07-21 Struck off Strength Written off, after going missing on operations. 2019-08-20