Jenkins, Franklin Elwood (Warrant Officer 1)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-October-20
Birth Date: 1920-September-20
Born: Millview, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Parents: Son of Milton Everett Jenkins and Elizabeth M. (nee Lea) Jenkins, of Millview, Prince Edward Island
Spouse:
Home: Millview, Prince Edward Island
Enlistment: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Enlistment Date: 1941-May-14
Service
RCAF
Unit
10 (B) Sqn- Squadron
Base
RCAF Stn. Gander, Newfoundland
Rank
Warrant Officer 1
Position
W/Op-AG
Service Numbers
R/72936
Temporary Burial
An isolated grave at crash site on Black Mountain, Quebec
Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied
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Liberator 3701
Accident Card - Consolidated Liberator B-24D / Mk. V serial:3701
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-October-20. Liberator V s/n 3701.
This accident involved 24 people. MacDonald RW, Sanderson SA, Poirier JAR, Lamont J, Johnson JS, Jenkins FE, Barabanoff JA, Fisher RF, Howlett W, Ware RF, Mcnaughton WG, Finn EM, Silverstein J, Read EW, Veilleux JAJP, Dynes CL, Hambly HK, Johnston AC, Marr RD, Patterson GR, Radcliffe AJ, Elliott FH, Wood SA, Beattie HD
This accident had 24 fatalities. Sergeant Eric Morgan Finn RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/72026 Liberator 3701, Sergeant Stanley Albert Wood RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/51027 Liberator 3701, Leading Aircraftman Joseph Achille Jean Paul Veilleux RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/177329 Liberator 3701, Flight Lieutenant Robert Frank Fisher RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/5821 Liberator 3701, Leading Aircraftman Edwin William Read RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/150207 Liberator 3701, Sergeant William Gordon MacNaughton RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/7526 Liberator 3701, Corporal Howard Kenneth Hambly RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/78656 Liberator 3701, Pilot Officer Robert William MacDonald RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/37357 Liberator 3701, Leading Aircraftman Albert James Radcliffe RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/177668 Liberator 3701, Corporal Ronald Douglas Marr RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/99167 Liberator 3701, Warrant Officer 2 Joseph Alexander Barabonoff RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/129211 Liberator 3701, Flight Lieutenant Joseph Alfred Raymond Poirier RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/9147 Liberator 3701, Corporal Harold David Beattie RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/84899 Liberator 3701, Warrant Officer 1 Franklin Elwood Jenkins RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/72936 Liberator 3701, Flying Officer Jay Syver Johnston RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/7987 Liberator 3701, Flt. Sergeant Raymond Frank Ware RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:4074 Liberator 3701, Corporal Alec Clarence Johnston RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/64066 Liberator 3701, Leading Aircraftman Charles Laurie Dynes RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/173349 Liberator 3701, Warrant Officer 1 Jacob Silverstein RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/67673 Liberator 3701, Leading Aircraftman Guy Ridgewood Patterson RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/207868 Liberator 3701, Flying Officer Stephen Andrew Sanderson RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/21297 Liberator 3701, Warrant Officer 1 Wilfred Howlett RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/113408 Liberator 3701, Sergeant Franklin Hicks Elliott RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/74645 Liberator 3701, Pilot Officer James Lamont RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/39103 Liberator 3701
Mission
Liberator B-24D / Mk. V 3701
Transport 1943-October-20 to 1943-October-20
10 (BR) Sqn (RCAF) RCAF Station Gander
10 North Atlantic (BR) Squadron, Gander, Newfoundland. Liberator V aircraft 3701 H flying from Gander, Newfoundland to Mont Joli, Quebec was redirected to Dorval, Quebec due to poor weather conditions at Mont Joli. Nothing further was heard from the aircraft before it crashed and burned on the west side of the 2,500 foot foothill of Black Mountain, Quebec. A search at the time of the crash failed to find the crash site. The wreckage of the aircraft and remains of the 24 casualties was not located until 1946-06-20. A Memorial Cairn was erected on the Black Mountain crash site in memory of those who lost their lives there
Flight Crew: Sergeant WG MacNaughton MiD (RCAF), Flight Lieutenant JA Poirier (RCAF), Flying Officer SA Sanderson AFM (RCAF), Warrant Officer Class 2 JA Barabonoff (RCAF), Warrant Officer Class 1 J Silverstein MiD (RCAF), Pilot Officer RW MacDonald MiD (RCAF)
Passengers: Flight Lieutenant RF Fisher MiD (RCAF), Warrant Officer Class 1 W Howlett (RCAF), Warrant Officer Class 1 FE Jenkins (RCAF), Cpl HD Beattie (RCAF), Cpl RD Marr (RCAF), Cpl HK Hambly (RCAF), Cpl AC Johnston (RCAF), Pilot Officer J Lamont MiD (RCAF), Leading Aircraftman CL Dynes (RCAF), Leading Aircraftman GR Patterson (RCAF), Leading Aircraftman AJ Radcliffe (RCAF), Leading Aircraftman EW Read (RCAF)(USA), Sergeant FH Elliott (RCAF)(USA), Sergeant EM Finn (RCAF), Leading Aircraftman JAJP Veilleux (RCAF), FS RF Ware (RCAF), Sergeant SA Wood (RCAF) and Flying Officer JS Johnston MiD (RCAF) were all killed in this flying accident
All were buried at the crash site where the cairn stands in their honour until 1985, when the crews remains were exhumed and moved to a cemetery St. Donat, Quebec due to vandalism at the crash site. Detail provided by C Lambert
The Liberator in Royal Air Force and Commonwealth Service by James D Oughton page 263
19/20.1943. No.10 RCAF Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron B-24...
Liberator RCAF 3701 [Royal Air Force Aircraft Serial and Image]...
Unit Desciption
10 (B) Sqn ()
Battle honours
The Second World War
NORTH-WEST ATLANTIC, 1940-1945.
Lineage
Authorized as No.10 (Torpedo Bomber) Squadron’ 1 April 1938.Footnote1
Redesignated 'No.10 (Bomber) Squadron' 28 August 1939.Footnote2
Redesignated 'No.10 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron' 1 September 1939.Footnote3
Disbanded 13 August 1945.Footnote4
Notes:
No lineal connection with '10 Experimental Squadron', of 1967-70. See 10 Experimental Squadron.
Operational history
The Second World War
The squadron flew on anti-submarine operations on the Atlantic Coast under 'Eastern Air Command'.Footnote5
Footnotes
Footnote 1
GO 48/38. Authorized but not formed (AFGO 19/39)
Footnote 2
AFGO 41/39
Footnote 3
AFGO 57/39\
Footnote 4
Secret Organization Order 279, 4 August 1945, file S.17-10-1 (DOE), Kardex 181.009 (D5432)
Footnote 5
AFGO 25/40; Statement and Organization Charts for the Home and Overseas War and BCATP Organization, 15 April 1942, file S.8202, Kardex 181.002 (D421); Memorandum, Notes for CAS, Appendix A, 12 September 1939, Document Collection 77/543
Government of CanadaLiberator 3701 B-24D / Mk. V - Transport - 1943-10-20 to 1943-10-20
Squadron: 10 (BR) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1943-10-20
Completion Date: 1943-10-20
Mission: Transport
Operation: unspecified
Target City:
Target Specific:
Base: RCAF Station Gander
Take Off Time: 22:16
Squadron Code: H
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Canada
Crash Specifics: Black Mountain, Quebec
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason:
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Bomber Group October 20, 1943
8 Wellingtons from 432 squadron were ordered out on a sea search. They were unsuccessful and returned to base. Richard Koval (6bombergroup.ca)
10 North Atlantic (BR) Squadron, Gander, Newfoundland. Liberator V aircraft 3701 H flying from Gander, Newfoundland to Mont Joli, Quebec was redirected to Dorval, Quebec due to poor weather conditions at Mont Joli. Nothing further was heard from the aircraft before it crashed and burned on the west side of the 2,500 foot foothill of Black Mountain, Quebec. A search at the time of the crash failed to find the crash site. The wreckage of the aircraft and remains of the 24 casualties was not located until 1946-06-20. A Memorial Cairn was erected on the Black Mountain crash site in memory of those who lost their lives there
Flight Crew: Sergeant WG MacNaughton MiD (RCAF), Flight Lieutenant JA Poirier (RCAF), Flying Officer SA Sanderson AFM (RCAF), Warrant Officer Class 2 JA Barabonoff (RCAF), Warrant Officer Class 1 J Silverstein MiD (RCAF), Pilot Officer RW MacDonald MiD (RCAF)
Passengers: Flight Lieutenant RF Fisher MiD (RCAF), Warrant Officer Class 1 W Howlett (RCAF), Warrant Officer Class 1 FE Jenkins (RCAF), Cpl HD Beattie (RCAF), Cpl RD Marr (RCAF), Cpl HK Hambly (RCAF), Cpl AC Johnston (RCAF), Pilot Officer J Lamont MiD (RCAF), Leading Aircraftman CL Dynes (RCAF), Leading Aircraftman GR Patterson (RCAF), Leading Aircraftman AJ Radcliffe (RCAF), Leading Aircraftman EW Read (RCAF)(USA), Sergeant FH Elliott (RCAF)(USA), Sergeant EM Finn (RCAF), Leading Aircraftman JAJP Veilleux (RCAF), FS RF Ware (RCAF), Sergeant SA Wood (RCAF) and Flying Officer JS Johnston MiD (RCAF) were all killed in this flying accident
All were buried at the crash site where the cairn stands in their honour until 1985, when the crews remains were exhumed and moved to a cemetery St. Donat, Quebec due to vandalism at the crash site. Detail provided by C Lambert
The Liberator in Royal Air Force and Commonwealth Service by James D Oughton page 263 19/20.1943. No.10 RCAF Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron B-24...
Liberator RCAF 3701 [Royal Air Force Aircraft Serial and Image]...