Lethbridge, Alberta
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.
Shand, John Hodgson (Flying Officer)
Killed in Flying Accident 1944-November-26
Birth Date: 1923
Born:
Parents: Son of William Buxton Shand and Sarah Ann Shand, of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
Spouse:
Home: Lethbridge, Alberta
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
4 OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF)
Base
RAF Stranraer, Scotland
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Wireless Air Gunner
Service Numbers
J/18733
Prev: R/92682
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Sunderland DD851
Sunderland serial: DD851
Source: Harold A Skaarup Web Page (DND Photo)
Short Sunderland, coded Z, 15 Apr 1943
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
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