Snow, Gerald Barclay

Killed in Action 1941-06-03

Birth Date: 1917

Born:

Walter B Snow & Alice M Snow

Home: Ottawa, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

11 (BR) Sqn- Squadron

Base

RCAF Stn. Yarmouth NS

Rank

Flight Lieutenant

Position

Flight Lieutenant

Service Numbers

C/982

Home
Google MapOttawa, Ontario (parents)
First Burial
Google MapBeechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario
11 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The crew of Hudson aircraft 782 were flying in bad weather and searching for missing Bolingbroke aircraft 9007 when they struck a radio mast on Sable Island and crashed. Flight Lieutenant F.J. Bell, Flying Officer I.L. Gillis, Cpl. D.E. Craig, and AC G.A. Dilworth were also killed.

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This incident involved multiple aircraft:

  1. Hudson I Serial: 782

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

Hudson 782

Flight Lieutenant Bell, Frederick Judson (RCAF)
doctor
Killed in Action
1941-June-03
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Corporal Craig, Douglas Earl (RCAF)

Killed in Action
1941-June-03
Woodlawn Cemetery Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Aircraftman 1 Dilworth, Gordon Allen (RCAF)
wireless operator, ground
Killed in Action
1941-June-03
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada

Flying Officer Gillis, Ivan Lloyd George (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1941-June-03
Riverside Cemetery, Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia, Canada

Flight Lieutenant Snow, Gerald Barclay (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1941-June-03
Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Lockheed Hudson A-28 A-29 AT-18

Lockheed Hudson
Source National Air Force Museum of Canada.
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The Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft built initially for the Royal Air Force (RAF) shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War and primarily operated by the RAF thereafter. The Hudson served throughout the war, mainly with Coastal Command, but also in transport and training roles, as well as delivering agents into occupied France. They were also used extensively with the Royal Canadian Air Force's (RCAF) anti-submarine squadrons.National Air Force Museum of Canada.

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11 (BR) Sqn ()

Hudson 782

Hudson I 782

Diverted from RAF order, tested and delivered marked with RAF serial N7386. To RCAF Station Ottawa on 18 July 1940. With No. 11 (BR) Squadron at RCAF Station Dartmouth, NS from August 1940. To storage at Halifax from 11 November 1940 to 4 March 1941. Back with No. 11 Squadron when it crashed on Sable Island at 11:40 on 3 June 1941. Struck radio tower in poor visibility, while searching for missing Bolingbroke (possibly 9007).

1940-02-16 Taken on Strength No. 1 Training Command 2019-08-20
1941-June-03 Accident: 11 Squadron Loc: Sable Is Names: Bell | Craig | Dillworth | Gillis | Snow
1941-07-25 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20