Ailsa Craig, Ontario
4 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron, Tofino, British Columbia. Canso aircraft 11017 failed to return from a sea patrol out of Tofino, British Columbia. P/Os M.H. Blesky, R.C. Thomson, J. Welsh, Leading Aircraftman E.G. Fell, FS E.P. Gartley, F/Os F.W. Lynam, J.L. Westphal, A.B. George, and Flight Lieutenant G.E. Butler were also killed.
Patterson, George Fredrick (Pilot Officer)
Killed in Flying Accident 1944-November-14
Birth Date: 1917-April-20
Born:
Parents: Son of William S. Patterson and Mabelle A. Patterson, of Ailsa Craig, Ontario.
Spouse:
Home: Ailsa Craig, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
4 (BR) Sqn- Squadron
Base
RCAF Stn. Tofino, BC
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Flight Engineer
Service Numbers
C/47487
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Canso 11017
Accident Card - Consolidated Canso A serial:11017
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-November-14. Canso s/n 11017.
This accident involved 10 people. Blesky MH, Butler GEC, Feil EG, George AB, Lynam FWJ, Patterson GF, Thomson RC, Welsh J, Westphal JL, Gartley EP
This accident had 10 fatalities. Flying Officer Alan Baldwin George RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/14692 Canso 11017, Flying Officer John Lorne Westphal RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/36036 Canso 11017, Pilot Officer John Welsh RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/48662 Canso 11017, Flight Sergeant Earl Payson Gartley RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/93632 Canso 11017, Flight Lieutenant George Edwin Charles Butler RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/13114 Canso 11017, Pilot Officer Michael Harris Blesky RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/48664 Canso 11017, Leading Aircraftman Edward George Feil RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/114730 Canso 11017, Pilot Officer Ross Corrie Thomson RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:C/50236 Canso 11017, Pilot Officer George Fredrick Patterson RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:C/47487 Canso 11017, Flying Officer Francis William Lynam RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/29323 Canso 11017
Canso serial: 11017
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 11017
Canso A 11017
With No. 4 (BR) Squadron at RCAF Station Tofino, BC when it followed up submarine reported by Russian vessel at 50-52N, 139-39W. No contact. Still with this Squadron went missing on 14 November 1944.1943-11-27 Taken on Strength Western Air Command 2019-08-20
1944-May-27 Accident: 4 Squadron Loc: Ucluelet British Columbia Names: Dessert | Giles | Goertzen | Parry | Reynolds | Seldon
1944-August-18 Accident: 122 (COMPOSITE) Squadron Loc: Patricia Bay Names: Brownwell | Emerson | Fountain | Grant | Hornby | Mcmaster | Robinson | Seldon | Selwyn | Walsh
1944-November-14 Accident: 4 Squadron Loc: Patrol 39 Area Names: Blesky | Butler | Feil | Gartley | George | Lynam | Patterson | Thomson | Welsh | Westphal
1945-01-11 Struck off Strength Struck off after going missing, see comments. 2019-08-20