Shand, John Hodgson (Flying Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-November-26

Flying Officer John Hodgson Shand RCAF

Birth Date: 1923

Born:

Son of William Buxton Shand and Sarah Ann Shand, of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.

Home: Lethbridge, Alberta

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

4 OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF)

Base

RAF Stranraer, Scotland

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Flying Officer

Service Numbers

J/18733
Prev: R/92682

Final Burial
Google MapStonefall Cemetery
Sec G Row C Grave 3
4 Operational Training Unit. The crew of Sunderland aircraft DD 851 were returning from an anti-sub patrol when a connecting rod on the starboard inner engine broke. The aircraft caught fire, the engine fell off, and the aircraft crashed on the rail line two miles north-east of the railway station at lnvergordon, Rosshire, Scotland. F/Ls W. Fedoruk, J.A. Johnson, F/Os G.B. Johnson, C.M. Kendall, WOs F.J. Peters, C. Kinton, J.E. Porret, FSs F.W. Cosgrove, D.C. Beattie, and Sergeant M.L. Hill were also killed.
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