Ireland, Earl Clifford

Killed in Action 1945-02-19

Birth Date: 1919-October-21

Born:

Son of Reginald C. Ireland and Christina J. Ireland, of Edmonton, Alberta.

Home: Edmonton, Alberta

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

11 (BR) Sqn- Squadron

Base

Rank

Flight Lieutenant

Position

Flight Lieutenant

Service Numbers

J/20873

Home
Google MapEdmonton, Alberta
First Burial
Google MapOttawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario
11 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Liberator aircraft lost.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

This incident involved multiple aircraft:

  1. Liberator GR Mk. VI Serial: 3715

All the above aircraft in the above list are referenced in this report.

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Liberator 3715

Flight Lieutenant Apps, Geoffrey Frank Rowe (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1945-February-19
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Pilot Officer Grant, Walter Robert (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1945-February-19
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Flight Lieutenant Hogan, Deryck (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1945-February-19
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Flight Lieutenant Ireland, Earl Clifford (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1945-February-19
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Male Head

Flight Sergeant Maclellan, Donald Angus (RCAF)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Action
1945-February-19
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Flight Lieutenant Murphy, Daniel Joseph (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1945-February-19
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Warrant Officer Teasdale, Harry Leo (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1945-February-19
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Consolidated Liberator B-24 / F-7

(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.
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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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11 (BR) Sqn ()

Liberator 3715

Liberator GR Mk. VI 3715

Ex USAAF B-24J-70-CF serial number 44-10637. Used by No. 11 (BR) Squadron at Dartmouth, NS from August 1944. Coded "F". Lost at sea on 19/20 February 1945. Disapppeared without a trace while on anti-submarine sweep. Some wreckage may have washed up on Sable Island.

1944-08-03 Taken on Strength 2019-08-20
1945-February-19 Accident: 11 Squadron Loc: Not Known Names: Apps | Grant | Hogan | Ireland | Mclellan | Murphy | Teasdale
1945-03-20 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20