Kerr, Muriel Isabell

Killed in Flying Accident 1959-06-30

Birth Date: 1924-October-29

Born: Sarnia, Ontario

Daughter of Samuel and Lydia Kerr.

Home: Sarnia, Ontario

Enlistment: London, Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1953-11-05

Service

RCAF

Unit


Base

Sea Island, RCAF Station

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Flying Officer

Service Numbers

222559W

Home
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Only fatality of nine personnel on the aircraft when it hit a submerged object and sank while landing.

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Canso 11041

Flying Officer Kerr, Muriel Isabell (RCAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1959-June-30
cemetery unknown

Consolidated Canso Catalina PBY PB2B A-10 OA-10 Black Cat

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