Rowe, Maurice Medcalf (Flight Sergeant)
Killed in Action 1943-February-24
Birth Date: 1923-January-10
Born:
Parents: Son of James Edgar and Ellen M. Rowe, of Kincardine.
Spouse:
Home: Kincardine, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
11 (BR) Sqn- Squadron
Base
RCAF Station Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Position
Navigator
Service Numbers
R/99614
Kincardine, Ontario
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Hudson BW453
Accident Card - Lockheed Hudson Mk. III serial:BW453
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-February-24. Hudson III s/n BW453.
This accident involved 4 people. Johnson HC, Macmillan E, Rhea DR, Rowe MM
This accident had 4 fatalities. Warrant Officer 2nd Class David Ronald Rhea RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/91216 Hudson BW453, Flight Sergeant Harold Chester Johnson RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/98944 Hudson BW453, Sergeant Edgar Macmillan RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/125154 Hudson BW453, Flight Sergeant Maurice Medcalf Rowe RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/99614 Hudson BW453
Mission
Hudson Mk. III BW453
Reconnaissance 1943-February-24 to 1943-February-24
11 (BR) Sqn (RCAF) RCAF Station Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
11 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron, RCAF Station Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The crew of Hudson aircraft BW 453 OY-J was part of a four aircraft anti-submarine patrol, returning to base in very poor weather conditions with blowing snow and fog. Two of the aircraft became lost and ran low on fuel. While attempting to land, the Hudson crashed and exploded on impact six miles east of #4 runway at RCAF Station, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia with the loss of the entire crew
Flight Sergeant Maurice Metcalf Rowe (RCAF), Flight Sergeant Harold Chester Johnson (RCAF), Flight Sergeant Edgar MacMillan (RCAF) and Flight Sergeant David Ronald Rhea (RCAF) were all killed in action
A second Hudson, BW 653 was abandoned due to being lost and low on fuel but the crew baled safely and were rescued. The third and fourth Hudson's on the patrol both returned to base with their crews, safe
Quietus Last Flight, Accident Proneness in WWII, Wartime Aviation Stories in the Canadian Home front by Anne Gafiuk, Chapter 17
Unit Desciption
11 (BR) Sqn ()
Hudson BW453 Mk. III - Reconnaissance - 1943-02-24 to 1943-02-24
6 Group Unavailable
11 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron, RCAF Station Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The crew of Hudson aircraft BW 453 OY-J was part of a four aircraft anti-submarine patrol, returning to base in very poor weather conditions with blowing snow and fog. Two of the aircraft became lost and ran low on fuel. While attempting to land, the Hudson crashed and exploded on impact six miles east of #4 runway at RCAF Station, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia with the loss of the entire crew
Flight Sergeant Maurice Metcalf Rowe (RCAF), Flight Sergeant Harold Chester Johnson (RCAF), Flight Sergeant Edgar MacMillan (RCAF) and Flight Sergeant David Ronald Rhea (RCAF) were all killed in action
A second Hudson, BW 653 was abandoned due to being lost and low on fuel but the crew baled safely and were rescued. The third and fourth Hudson's on the patrol both returned to base with their crews, safe
Quietus Last Flight, Accident Proneness in WWII, Wartime Aviation Stories in the Canadian Home front by Anne Gafiuk, Chapter 17
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