Flat Lands, New Brunswick
10 North Atlantic Squadron, Gander, Newfoundland. Digby aircraft crashed.
McDavid, Ronald Laird (Sergeant)
Killed in Action 1941-July-26
Birth Date: 1916-October-05
Born:
Parents: Son of Nathan B. McDavid and Mary R. McDavid, of Flat Lands, New Brunswick. Brother of Carson McDavid who died on October 29, 1944 while serving with the North Shore (New Regiment) Regiment.
Spouse:
Home: Flat Lands, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
10 (BR) Sqn- Squadron
Base
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Air Gunner
Service Numbers
R/73032
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Digby 742
Accident Card - Douglas Digby Mk. I serial:742
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1941-July-26. Douglas Digby s/n 742.
This accident involved 5 people. Crawford TJ, Hunt MS, Mather WH, Mcdavid RL, Tomsett ME
This accident had 6 fatalities. Pilot Officer Allan Gower Pratt RCAF Killed in Action service no:J/6031 Digby 742, Sergeant Mervyn Samuel Hunt RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/60720 Digby 742, Flight Lieutenant Martin Edward Tomsett RCAF Killed in Action service no:C/1069 Digby 742, Sergeant Ronald Laird McDavid RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/73032 Digby 742, Corporal Thomas James Larmour Crawford RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/65841 Digby 742, Pilot Officer William Hume Mather RCAF Killed in Action service no:J/3779 Digby 742
Unit Desciption
10 (BR) 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
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