Brookwood Military Cemetery
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With No. 116 (BR) Squadron at RCAF Station Botwood, Newfoundland. Crashed during night landing on glassy water at Bay of Exploits, near Botwood, Newfoundland on 6 November 1943. Aircraft water looped and nosed under. Sank after 5 survivors exited aircraft, wreckage never located. 7 fatalities, 5 survivors. Was transporting senior officers touring the island from Torbay to Botwood. Official report classified cause of accident as "obscure". Several attempts were made to locate wreckage, but this was abandoned on 19 November 1943.
Kenneth Storey Morton Royal Artillery
Morton, Kenneth Storey (Major)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-November-08
Birth Date: 1915
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Canso 9834
Accident Card - Consolidated Canso A serial:9834
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-November-08. Cnso A s/n 9834.
This accident involved 12 people. Watson I, Dalgleish JB, Epstein MM, Hirtle FN, Ings RR, Lowther RF, Marsh PL, Mills EJ, Cairns WK, Morton , Redmand , Jones AH
This accident had 7 fatalities. Sergeant Eric John Mills RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/184018 Canso 9834, Flight Lieutenant Joseph Coates Redmond RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/5072 Canso 9834, Section Officer Irene Watson RCAFWD Killed in Flying Accident service no:V/30285 Canso 9834, Warrant Officer 1st Class Mandel Max Epstein RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/104789 Canso 9834, Pilot Officer Robert Fleming Lowther RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/41907 Canso 9834, Major Kenneth Storey Morton Army Killed in Flying Accident service no:64114 Canso 9834, Wing Commander Ralph Royden Ings RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:C/27599 Canso 9834
Canso serial: 9834
RCAF Canso A (Serial No. 9754), No. 162 Squadron, F/L David Ernest Hornell aircraft.
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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Canso 9834
Canso A 9834
With No. 116 (BR) Squadron at RCAF Station Botwood, Newfoundland. Crashed during night landing on glassy water at Bay of Exploits, near Botwood, Newfoundland on 6 November 1943. Aircraft water looped and nosed under. Sank after 5 survivors exited aircraft, wreckage never located. 7 fatalities, 5 survivors. Was transporting senior officers touring the island from Torbay to Botwood. Official report classified cause of accident as "obscure". Several attempts were made to locate wreckage, but this was abandoned on 19 November 1943.1943-08-04 Taken on Strength Eastern Air Command 2019-08-20
1943-November-08 Accident: 116 Squadron Loc: Botwood Names: Cairns | Dalgleish | Epstein | Hirtle | Ings | Jones | Lowther | Marsh | Mills | Morton | Redmand | Watson
1944-03-27 Struck off Strength Struck off after crash, see comments 2019-08-20