Renshaw, Lloyd Joseph

Died 1944-05-10

Birth Date: 1915

Born:

Son of Edward W. Renshaw and Cathleen Renshaw, of Summerstown.

Home: Summerstown, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

4 WS- Wireless School

Base

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Rank

Corporal

Position

Corporal

Service Numbers

R/127433

Death by natural causes while in the General Hospital at St Catharines.

This incident involved multiple aircraft:

  1. Anson Mk. V Serial: 11849

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

4 WS (4 Wireless School)

Trainees in the "Wireless Air Gunner" (WAG) stream spent 24 weeks at a Wireless Schoo learning the theory and application of wireless communications. This included signalling with lights and flags as well as radio. Their "WAG" training was completed with four weeks at a Bombing & Gunnery School.

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Anson 11849

Anson Mk. V 11849

First assigned to No. 1 General Reconnaissance School at Summerside, PEI. To storage with No. 1 Air Command on 27 June 1945. By 27 November 1945 on the books of Maintenance Command, stored by No. 5 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit at St. Jean, Quebec. Pending disposal from 12 March 1946, when it was stored at No. 8 Surplus Equipment Holding Unit. To civil register as CF-FGK. Operated in Quebec, reported destroyed in a hanger fire in 1948.
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1943-12-11 Taken on Strength Eastern Air Command 2019-08-20
1944-May-10 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Names: Dubiel | Hayne | Skorecki | Yehie
1946-11-06 Struck off Strength Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal 2019-08-20