O'Leary, Joseph Martin

Died 1945-01-22

Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Son of George Edward and Ellen Eugene O'Leary of Richibucto, Kent Co., New Brunswick, Canada.

Home: Richibucto, New Brunswick

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

131 OTU- Operational Training Unit

Base

Rank

Flight Lieutenant

Position

Flight Lieutenant

Service Numbers

J/21714
Prev: R/126407

Home
Google MapRichibucto, New Brunswick
First Burial
Google MapSacred Heart Roman Catholic Churchyard, Irvinestown, County Fermanagh, Ireland
131 Operational Training Unit. Death by natural causes while in the County Hospital, Enniskellen, County Fermanagh.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

This incident involved multiple aircraft:

  1. Norseman Mk. IV Serial: 2469

All the above aircraft in the above list are referenced in this report.

Norseman 2469

Norseman Mk. IV 2469

Assigned to No. 3 Training Command, Montreal, Quebec. Put in Reserve Storage on 17 December 1942 and then transferred to Eastern Air Command on 2 March 1943 (for use at No. 167 (Comm) Squadron, RCAF Station Dartmouth, NS?). Sent to Noorduyn Aviation on 16 March 1943 after Category C accident. After repairs it was transferred to No. 2 Training Command on 11 August 1944 (for use at No. 31 General Reconaissance School?). Category A crash on 16 February 1945. It was reported that the wreckage was "To be sold to Mr. Lamb through War Assets Corporation". Registered to M & C Aviation Ltd., Prince Albert, Saskatchewan as CF-DFV on 4 January 1947. On 7 October 1947 it was registered to Saskatchewan Government Airways, Prince Albert, Sask. and then on 15 June 1950 to Queen Charlotte Airlines, Vancouver, BC. Re-registered to Pacific Western Airlines in 1956 when they bought out Queen Charlotte. Registered to BC Airlines Ltd., Vancouver, BC. on 15 June 1959. Severly damaged at Thompson Sound, BC. on 19 March 1964 when a float strut failed on landing. Fatalities reported. Airframe reported as sold to Taway Air Service and later resold to other parties. Airframe later reported as sold to a party in Vancouver, Washington. In January 2004 the fuselage is shown offered for sale by J.W. Duff Aircraft Company, Denver, Colorado.

1941-01-07 Taken on Strength 2019-08-20
1944-January-28 Accident: 167 COMM Loc: Havre St Pierre Quebec Names: Dines | Laberge | Loughlan | Smith
1945-January-22 Accident: RCAF ARMY 6O-OP UNIT Loc: Aerodrome Names: Austring | Brown | MacDonald
1945-February-06 Accident: 2 (AC) Loc: Lac La Ronge Settlement Names: Davidson | Deis | Hadden | Hopkins | Matthews | McLeod | Mcmeans
1945-03-02 Struck off Strength Struck off, later reduced to spares and sold. 2019-08-20