Staples, Alonzo Irvine (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-December-02

Pilot Officer Alonzo Irvine Staples RCAF

Birth Date: 1917-April-13

Born:

Parents: Son of Eben Miller Staples and Edna Grace Staples; husband of Emily May Staples, of Toronto, Ontario.

Spouse: Husband of Emily May Staples, of Toronto, Ontario.

Home: Fredericton, New Brunswick

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

3 OTU- Operational Training Unit

Base

Patricia Bay, British Columbia, Canada

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

J/45415

Memorial Location
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Accident Card - Consolidated Canso A serial:11086

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-December-02. Cnso A s/n 11086.

This accident involved 9 people. Davidson RW, Day LO, Mahoney JA, Nash RL, Pautenaude M, Porter FF, Ramsay GBN, Staples AI, Trudel ATJ

This accident had 9 fatalities. Sergeant Robert William Davidson RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/268109 Canso 11086, Flight Lieutenant George Balfour Nicol Ramsay RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/7200 Canso 11086, Pilot Officer Alonzo Irvine Staples RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/45415 Canso 11086, Flying Officer Louis Oswald Day RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/43966 Canso 11086, Sergeant Joseph Roger Marcel Patenaude RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/253849 Canso 11086, Pilot Officer Frank Ferrier Porter RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/48269 Canso 11086, Sergeant Joseph Romeo Antoine Trudel RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/211246 Canso 11086, Flight Lieutenant Robert Leslie Nash RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/27069 Canso 11086, Pilot Officer John Ambrose Mahoney RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/48161 Canso 11086

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