Edmonton, Alberta
11 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. TWIN BROTHER to Thomas Leo Teasdale. Liberator aircraft missing.
Teasdale, Harry Leo (Warrant Officer)
Killed in Action 1945-February-19
Birth Date: 1922-October-28
Born: Drumheller, Alberta
Parents: 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
Spouse:
Home: Edmonton, Alberta
Enlistment: Calgary, Alberta
Enlistment Date: 1941-November-14
Service
RCAF
Unit
11 (BR) Sqn- Squadron
Base
Rank
Warrant Officer
Position
Wireless Air Gunner
Service Numbers
R/140182
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Liberator 3715
Accident Card - Consolidated Liberator GR Mk. VI serial:3715
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1945-February-19. Liberator VI s/n 3715.
This accident involved 7 people. Apps GFR, Grant WR, Hogan D, Ireland EC, Mclellan DA, Murphy D, Teasdale HL
This accident had 7 fatalities. Flight Lieutenant Earl Clifford Ireland RCAF Killed in Action service no:J/20873 Liberator 3715, Flight Sergeant Donald Angus Maclellan RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/65487 Liberator 3715, Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Frank Rowe Apps RCAF Killed in Action service no:J/20673 Liberator 3715, Flight Lieutenant Deryck Hogan RCAF Killed in Action service no:J/9122 Liberator 3715, Pilot Officer Walter Robert Grant RCAF Killed in Action service no:J/53002 Liberator 3715, Flight Lieutenant Daniel Joseph Murphy RCAF Killed in Action service no:J/22857 Liberator 3715, Warrant Officer Harry Leo Teasdale RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/140182 Liberator 3715
Liberator serial: 3715
(DND Photos via James Craik) (Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page)
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.
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
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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