Scotsburn, Pictou County, Nova Scotia
116 Bombing and Reconnaissance Squadron, Gander, Newfoundland. Flight Lieutenant Rae was engaged in night flying instruction and was the only casualty when Canso aircraft 9833 ran off the runway and into a ditch at Gander, Newfoundland.
Rae, Hugh MacKay (Flight Lieutenant)
Killed in Action 1943-December-08
Birth Date: 1915
Born:
Son of Warren Hugh and Christina Rae, of Scotsburn, Nova Scotia; husband of Lorna M. Rae, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Home: Scotsburn, Pictou County, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RCAF
Unit
116 Sqn- Squadron
Base
Rank
Flight Lieutenant
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
C/1361
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Canso 9833
Canso serial: 9833
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 9833
Canso A 9833
With No. 116 (BR) Squadron at Botwood Bay, Newfoundland. Crashed into ditch at end of Runway 32 after landing at Gander on 8 December 1943. Only fatality was pilot Flight Lieutenant H. MacKay. To No. 19 Sub Repair Depot at RCAF Station Gander, Newfoundland on 21 December 1943. Apparently not repaired.{{link,canadaprimary,https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c5933/2115,RCAF - Accident Investigation File}}
1943-07-31 Taken on Strength Eastern Air Command 2019-08-20
1943-December-08 Accident: 116 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bickes | Chamber | Frost | Owen | Rae | Smith
1944-04-12 Struck off Strength Struck off, scrapped. 2019-08-20