Tierney, James Edward (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-March-13

Leading Aircraftman James Edward Tierney RCAF

Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Parents: Son of James and Sarah Rierney; brother of Audrey Marion Tierney, of Vancouver.

Spouse:

Home: Vancouver, British Columbia

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

2 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School

Base

Mossbank, Saskatchewan, Canada

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/189290

Final Burial
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Bolingbroke aircraft 10111 was returning from a gunnery exercise and was flying at 800 feet when it suddenly dove straight into the ground near the aerodrome at Mossbank. Pilot Officer V.H. Inderbitzen, Sergeant U.M. Reed, Leading Aircraftman J.E. Tierney, Leading Aircraftman D.C. McKenzie (RAAF) and Leading Aircraftman K.R. McPherson (RAAF) were killed. Ex Pilot Officer Cohn Pattie (RNZAF), now of Victoria, British Columbia had this to say, "I was alone in the control tower when a Bolingbroke came spinning down out of the overcast and crashed a mile from the aerodrome."

Canada Primary Source School Daily Diary Entry - 1944-03-13

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