Winnipeg, Manitoba
11 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron, Patricia Bay, British Columbia. Liberator aircraft crashed. Corporal Hrysko is buried in an isolated grave on the south-west shore of Barkley Sound, fifteen miles south-east of Bamfield, British Columbia.
addendum 2: See page 340. Cpl. Hrysko was not killed in action. He was killed during a routine flight. Detail provided by A. E. Barnard, Burlington, On.
Hrysko, William (Corporal)
Killed in Flying Accident 1945-July-13
Birth Date: 1918-January-12
Born:
Parents: Son of John and Mary Hrysko, of Winnipeg, Manitoba. A commemorative cairn was constructed and erected by the personnel of Canadian Forces Base Comox at the site of the July 13, 1945 crash of a Royal C
Spouse:
Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
11 Sqn- Squadron
Base
RCAF Stn. Patricia Bay British Columbia
Rank
Corporal
Position
air frame mechanic
Service Numbers
R/106466
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Liberator 11121
Accident Card - Consolidated Liberator B-24L / GR Mk. VIII serial:11121
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1945-July-13. Liberator B24L s/n 11121.
This accident involved 14 people. Crosson VG, Davies WE, Hope DW, Johnston NM, Lowe HA, Martello RJ, Popovich NM, Presse JB, Bennett PG, Hrysko W, Johnston N, Kiteley RV, Mann M, Tull LH
This accident had 14 fatalities. Warrant Officer 2 Joseph Bertrand Raymond Presse RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/90751 Liberator 11121, Leading Aircraftwoman Margaret Mann RCAFWD Killed in Flying Accident service no:W/302037 Liberator 11121, Flying Officer Robert Joseph Martello RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/26660 Liberator 11121, Leading Aircraftman Raymond Valentine Kiteley RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/255935 Liberator 11121, Leading Aircraftman Lloyd Henry Tull RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/261754 Liberator 11121, Corporal Norman Marshall Johnson RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/130808 Liberator 11121, Corporal Nora Johnson RCAFWD Killed in Flying Accident service no:W/307410 Liberator 11121, Corporal William Hrysko RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/106466 Liberator 11121, Flight Sergeant Donald William Hope RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/59081 Liberator 11121, Flying Officer William Edward Davies RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/28139 Liberator 11121, Sergeant Pamela Gladys Bennett RCAFWD Killed in Flying Accident service no:W/316180 Liberator 11121, Warrant Officer 1 Victor Gilbert Crosson RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/151140 Liberator 11121, Flying Officer Nicholas Maxwell Popovich RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/47933 Liberator 11121, Flying Officer Harry Alexander Lowe RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/47850 Liberator 11121
Liberator serial: 11121
(DND Photos via James Craik) (Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page)
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.
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
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Liberator 11121
Liberator B-24L / GR Mk. VIII 11121
Ex USAAF B-24L-1-FO, their serial 44-49131. To RAF in March 1945, their serial KL519. Like most Ford built Liberators, unpopular with crews because of many small failures. First used by No. 11 (BR) Squadron at RCAF Station Dartmouth, NS from 4 April 1945. First Mk. VIII with this unit. Coded "X". Redesignated GR Mk. VIII on 24 May 1945. To Western Air Command with this unit on 26 June 1945, to RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC. Crashed on 13 June 1945. Flew into mountain at 2800 foot level in the Somerset Range, 7 miles east-south-east Bamfield, BC while on cross country training flight, after picking up 7 sight-seers at Tofino. No survivors, the 14 killed included Corporal Nora Johnson and her younger brother Corporal Norman M. Johnson. Wreckage not found until 17 July 1945. All bodies buried at crash site. Ownership to No. 3 Repair Depot on 23 July 1945, for write off.1945-03-26 Taken on Strength Eastern Air Command 2019-08-20
1945-July-13 Accident: 11 Squadron Loc: Not Known Names: Bennett | Crosson | Davies | Hope | Hrysko | Johnston | Johnston | Kiteley | Lowe | Mann | Martello | Popovich | Presse | Tull
1945-08-20 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20