Parsons, Edwin Scarritt

Killed in Action 1942-05-29

Birth Date: 1908

Born:

Son of George and Mary S. Parsons, of Cairo, Illinois, U.S.A., husband of Betty Ann Parsons, of West Collingswood, New Jersey, U.S.A.

Home: Cairo, Illinois, USA

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

124 Sqn- Squadron

Base

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Flying Officer

Service Numbers

C/4352

Home
Google MapCairo, Illinois, USA
First Burial
Google MapBeechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario
124 Ferry Squadron, Rockcliffe, Ontario. Flying Officer Parsons was on a training flight and was killed when Hampden aircraft P 5426 crashed three miles north-east of the aerodrome at Rockcliffe, cause obscure.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Hampden P5426

Flying Officer Parsons, Edwin Scarritt (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1942-May-29
Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Handley Page Hampden

(RCAF Photo via Chris Charland)(Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page)
Handley Page Hampden (Serial No. P5428), of No. 32 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Patricia Bay, British Columbia, in the torpedo-bomber training role between May 1942 and February 1944.
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Handley Page developed a modern stressed-skin mid-wing monoplane, powered by Bristol Pegasus radial air cooled engines, with its first flight in 1936. It had the most advanced wings available at the time, giving it a remarkably low landing speed of 73 mph for an aircraft of its size, with a top speed of 265 mph. The Hampden had a short, narrow but tall main fuselage with a very slender tail unit. This configuration led to the nicknames "Flying Panhandle" and "Flying Suitcase". At the end of the war, no complete or partial Hampden aircraft were retained for museum display.

The Hampden served in the early stages of the war, bearing the brunt of the early bombing war over Europe, taking part in the first night raid on Berlin and in the first 1000-bomber raid on Cologne.In Canada, Hampdens were built by six companies that formed Associated Aircraft. There were three in Ontario and three in Quebec, hence they were identified as the Ontario Group and Quebec Group. They supplied all the the components to the two assembly plants. The Ontario Group's assembly plant was at the Malton Airport, while the Quebec group's assembly plant was at the St. Hubert Airport. Canadian Museum of Flight and Harold A Skaarup web page

YouTube Handley Page Hampden in Flight

Wikipedia Wikipedia Hampden Bomber

General Harold A Skaarup Web Page

Kestrel Publications Hampden - Kestrel Publications