Muffitt, Edward Earle
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-11-02
Birth Date: 1909
Born:
Son of Charles E. and Hester R. Muffitt; husband of Hester R. Muffitt, of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.
Home: Coe Hill, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RCAF
Unit
131 OTU- Operational Training Unit
Base
Rank
Flight Lieutenant
Position
Flight Lieutenant
Service Numbers
J/8372
Home
Coe Hill, Ontario
First Burial
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, Uk
Canadian Virtual War MemorialCanso FP120
Operational 1943-November-02 to 1943-November-02
(AS) OTU (RAF) Castle Archdale
Catalina aircraft FP 120 last known position was off Malinmore Head, Northern Ireland. Depth charges exploded on board; crashed into the Atlantic off the Donegal coast during on a training exercise
Sergeant PP Bacon 1216706 RAF; Sergeant C Barraclough 1029627 RAF; FO DH Disney J/14405 RCAF; FO K Hipwell 127286 RAF; Sergeant J Male 970123 RAF;Flt Lt EE Muffit J/8372 RCAF ; Sergeant CE Poots 1392444 RAF; Sergeant HE Scarman 576483 RAF; Sergeant A Upton 1456621 RAF. All missing presumed killed and commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
Consolidated Canso Catalina PBY PB2B A-10 OA-10 Black Cat
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
Canso PBY
Wikipedia Canso PBY 
Harold A Skaarup Web Page Canso FP120 - Operational - 1943-11-02 to 1943-11-02
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Catalina aircraft FP 120 last known position was off Malinmore Head, Northern Ireland. Depth charges exploded on board; crashed into the Atlantic off the Donegal coast during on a training exercise
Sergeant PP Bacon 1216706 RAF; Sergeant C Barraclough 1029627 RAF; FO DH Disney J/14405 RCAF; FO K Hipwell 127286 RAF; Sergeant J Male 970123 RAF;Flt Lt EE Muffit J/8372 RCAF ; Sergeant CE Poots 1392444 RAF; Sergeant HE Scarman 576483 RAF; Sergeant A Upton 1456621 RAF. All missing presumed killed and commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial