Pearce, William Henry Newton
Killed in Action 1943-04-13
Birth Date: 1921
Born:
Son of Milton Wesley Pearce and Lillie Ruth Pearce, of Port Arthur, Ontario.
Home: Port Arthur, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RCAF
Unit
204 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Praedam mari quaero I seek my prey in the sea
Base
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Flying Officer
Service Numbers
J/7079
Home
Port Arthur, Ontario
First Burial
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, Uk
204 Squadron (Facta Non Verba). Sunderland aircraft JM 669 lost off Port Etienne, West Africa. Nine other members of the crew, not Canadians, missing believed killed.
(Note that the Service Record shows last Unit as Squadron 20. ORB for RAF Sqn 119 confirms he was posted from there to RAF Sqn 204 on the 11th of April 1943. Killed in transit to Bathurst, Gambia from Gibraltar)
Canadian Virtual War MemorialShort Sunderland
Short Sunderland, coded Z, 15 Apr 1943
The Short S.25 Sunderland was a British flying boat patrol bomber, developed and constructed by Short Brothers for the Royal Air Force (RAF). The aircraft took its service name from the town (latterly, city) and port of Sunderland in North East England.
Developed in parallel with the civilian S.23 Empire flying boat, the flagship of Imperial Airways, the Sunderland was developed specifically to conform to the requirements of British Air Ministry Specification R.2/33 for a long-range patrol/reconnaissance flying boat to serve with the Royal Air Force (RAF). As designed, it served as a successor to the earlier Short Sarafand flying boat. Sharing several similarities with the S.23, it featured a more advanced aerodynamic hull and was outfitted with various offensive and defensive armaments, including machine gun turrets, bombs, aerial mines, and depth charges. The Sunderland was powered by four Bristol Pegasus XVIII radial engines and was outfitted with various detection equipment to aid combat operations, including the Leigh searchlight, the ASV Mark II and ASV Mark III radar units, and an astrodome.
The Sunderland was one of the most powerful and widely used flying boats throughout the Second World War. In addition to the RAF, the type was operated by other Allied military air wings, including the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), South African Air Force (SAAF), Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF), French Navy, Norwegian Air Force, and the Portuguese Navy. During the conflict, the type was heavily involved in Allied efforts to counter the threat posed by German U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic.Wikipedia
Wikipedia Short Sunderland 
Harold A Skaarup Web Page 
YouTube Short Sunderland (1940-1949)