Spokane, Washington, USA
4 Training Command, Calgary, Alberta. Beechcraft Expeditor aircraft crashed. Flying Officer Pilot Nelson is buried in the at River View Heights Cemetery, Kennewick, Washington, U.S.A.
Nelson, Harold Perry (Flying Officer)
Killed in Flying Accident 1944-November-23
Birth Date: 1911-July-09
Born:
Parents: Reuben L. and Rose Estella Nelson, of Spokane; husband of Jean Nelson, of Seattle.
Spouse: Jean Nelson, of Seattle.
Home: Spokane, Washington, USA
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
4 (Comm Flight) TC- Training Command
Base
RCAF Stn. Calgary, Alberta
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/43176
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Expeditor 1410
Expeditor serial: 1410
(RCAF Photo) (Source Harold A Skaarup web page)
Beechcraft CT-128 Expeditor Mk. 3TM (Serial No. A-734), (Serial No. CA-134), RCAF (Serial No. 1534), coded AO-N, Air Transport Command.
Beechcraft CT-128 Expeditor Mk. 3TM (Serial No. A-734), (Serial No. CA-134), RCAF (Serial No. 1534), coded AO-N, Air Transport Command.
The Beechcraft Model 18 (or "Twin Beech", as it is also known) is a 6- to 11-seat, twin-engined, low-wing, tailwheel light aircraft manufactured by the Beech Aircraft Corporation of Wichita, Kansas. Continuously produced from 1937 to November 1969 (over 32 years, a world record at the time), over 9,000 were built, making it one of the world's most widely used light aircraft. Sold worldwide as a civilian executive, utility, cargo aircraft, and passenger airliner on tailwheels, nosewheels, skis, or floats, it was also used as a military aircraft.
During and after World War II, over 4,500 Beech 18s were used in military service "“ as light transport, light bomber (for China), aircrew trainer (for bombing, navigation, and gunnery), photo-reconnaissance, and "mother ship" for target drones "“ including Royal Canadian Airforce (RCAF), United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) C-45 Expeditor, AT-7 Navigator, and AT-11 Kansan; and United States Navy (USN) UC-45J Navigator, SNB-1 Kansan, and others. In World War II, over 90% of USAAF bombardiers and navigators and pilots trained in these aircraft.
In the early postwar era, the Beech 18 was the pre-eminent "business aircraft" and "feeder airliner". Besides carrying passengers, its civilian uses have included aerial spraying, sterile insect release, fish stocking, dry-ice cloud seeding, aerial firefighting, air-mail delivery, ambulance service, numerous movie productions, skydiving, freight, weapon- and drug-smuggling, engine testbed, skywriting, banner towing, and stunt aircraft. Wikipedia
Expeditor
Wikipedia Expeditor
Harold A Skaarup Web PageAircraft Images
Expeditor 1410
Expeditor Mk. 3T 1410
Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 43-35710. Lend-Lease serial HB228 also reserved, probably never marked. First issued to No. 4 TC Comm Flight. Crashed at Calgary on 24 November 1944, all 6 occupants killed.1944-05-15 Taken on Strength No. 4 Training Command 2019-08-20
1944-November-23 Accident: 4 TC COMM FLIGHT Loc: Calgary Names: Atkinson | Buckle | Burt | Nelson | Walton | Williams
1945-02-22 Struck off Strength Struck off after Category A crash at Calgary, Alberta on 24 November 1944. 2019-08-20