Teasdale, Harry Leo
Killed in Action 1945-02-19
Birth Date: 1922-October-28
Born: Drumheller, Alberta
Son of James Robert Whigham and Maude Ellen (nee Aram) Teasdale of Edmonton, Alberta. Twin brother of Flying Officer Thomas Leo Teasdale, RCAF, killed in action on 25 March 1944, James Frederick, Rich
Home: Edmonton, Alberta
Enlistment: Calgary, Alberta
Enlistment Date: 1941-11-14
Service
RCAF
Unit
11 (BR) Sqn- Squadron
Base
Rank
Warrant Officer
Position
Warrant Officer
Service Numbers
R/140182
Home
Edmonton, Alberta
First Burial
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.findagrave.comThis incident involved multiple aircraft:
- Liberator GR Mk. VI Serial: 3715
All the above aircraft in the above list are referenced in this report.
Liberator 3715
Consolidated Liberator B-24 / F-7
Consolidated Liberator G.R. Mk. VIII, RCAF (Serial No. 11130) ex-USAAF Consolidated (Vultee) B-24L Liberator USAAF (44-50154)
ex-RAF (Serial No. 5009), ex-Indian Air Force (Serial No. HE773).
Currently preserved in the Canada Aviation and Space Museum Ottawa Ontario.
The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was an American heavy bomber flown by the RCAF during the Second Word War. It was designed with a shoulder-mounted, high aspect ratio Davis wing which gave the Liberator a high cruise speed, long range and the ability to carry a heavy bomb load. Early RAF Liberators were the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic Ocean as a matter of routine. In comparison with its contemporaries the B-24 was relatively difficult to fly and had poor low speed performance; it also had a lower ceiling compared with the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Of the roughly 18,500 B-24s built in the USA during the war, 148 were flown by the RCAF on long range anti-submarine patrols, with the B-24 serving an instrumental role in closing the Mid-Atlantic gap in the Battle of the Atlantic. The RCAF also flew a few B-24s post war as transports.
Roughly half of all (RAF) Liberator crews in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theatre were Canadian by the end of the war. John Muir of Vancouver flew the longest mission of the war: 24hrs, 10mins from Ceylon to Burma and back. (Kyle Hood) Harold Skaarup web page
Liberator bomber
Wikipedia Liberator bomber 
Harold A Skaarup Web Page 11 (BR) Sqn ()
Liberator 3715
Liberator GR Mk. VI 3715
Ex USAAF B-24J-70-CF serial number 44-10637. Used by No. 11 (BR) Squadron at Dartmouth, NS from August 1944. Coded "F". Lost at sea on 19/20 February 1945. Disapppeared without a trace while on anti-submarine sweep. Some wreckage may have washed up on Sable Island.1944-08-03 Taken on Strength 2019-08-20
1945-February-19 Accident: 11 Squadron Loc: Not Known Names: Apps | Grant | Hogan | Ireland | Mclellan | Murphy | Teasdale
1945-03-20 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20