Edward Worrell Graham Verley

Died 1943-March-01

Flying Officer Edward Worrell Graham Verley RCAF

Birth Date: 1915

Born:

Son of St. Leger Keith and Ethel May Verley, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Winner of the Dominion of Canada Junior Lawn Tennis Championship,

Home: Vancouver, British Columbia

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

41 OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF)

Base

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Flying Officer

Service Numbers

J/20012

Home

Vancouver, British Columbia

Final Burial

Hawarden Cemetery
1932 Sec 4G Grave 45

41 Operational Training Unit. Mustang aircraft struck a flock of gulls, went out of control and crashed near Hawarden Village, Flintshire on February 28, 1943. Flying Officer succumbed to his injuries on March 1, 1943 while in the Chester Military Hospital.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Mustang serial: AG585

(RCAF Photo via Mike Kaehler)(Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page)
North American Mustang Mk. IV, RCAF (Serial No. 9253), coded BA-S,
No. 424 Squadron, Hamilton, Ontario
Chris Charland noted that the Mustang in the forefront is former USAF P-51D (Serial No. 44-74502A).

The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts. The Mustang was designed in April 1940 by a team headed by James Kindelberger of North American Aviation (NAA) in response to a requirement of the British Purchasing Commission. The Purchasing Commission approached North American Aviation to build Curtiss P-40 fighters under license for the Royal Air Force (RAF). Rather than build an old design from another company, North American Aviation proposed the design and production of a more modern fighter. The prototype NA-73X airframe was rolled out on 9 September 1940, 102 days after the contract was signed, and first flew on 26 October

The Mustang was designed to use the Allison V-1710 engine, which had limited high-altitude performance in its earlier variants. The aircraft was first flown operationally by the RAF as a tactical-reconnaissance aircraft and fighter-bomber (Mustang Mk I). Replacing the Allison with a Rolls-Royce Merlin resulted in the P-51B/C (Mustang Mk III) model, and transformed the aircraft's performance at altitudes above 15,000 ft (4,600 m) (without sacrificing range), allowing it to compete with the Luftwaffe's fighters. The definitive version, the P-51D, was powered by the Packard V-1650-7, a license-built version of the two-speed, two-stage-supercharged Merlin 66, and was armed with six .50 caliber (12.7 mm) AN/M2 Browning machine guns.

Canada had five squadrons equipped with Mustangs during the Second World War. RCAF Nos. 400, 414 and 430 Squadrons flew Mustang Mk. Is (1942"“1944) and Nos. 441 and 442 Squadrons flew Mustang Mk. IIIs and Mk. IVAs in 1945. Wikipedia and Harold Skaarup web page

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