Watt, Alexander Simpson

Killed in Action 1942-09-25

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Birth Date: 1922

Born:

Home: Regina, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

119 Sqn- Squadron

Base

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Flight Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/85487

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119 Squadron. Catalina aircraft FP 119 left Mount Batten in transit to 202 Squadron. The aircraft got caught in a severe electrical storm and crashed in the sea off Cadiz, Spain. Flying Officer T.L. Wright, Pilot Officer F.E. Vale, and Sergeant E.E. Roberts (RAF) were also killed. Five members of the crew, not Canadians, missing believed killed.

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Canso FP119

Pilot Officer Vale, Francis Edward (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1942-September-25
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

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Flight Sergeant Watt, Alexander Simpson (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1942-September-25
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Flying Officer Wright, Thomas Lindsay (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1942-September-25
North Front Cemetery, Gibraltar

Consolidated Canso Catalina PBY PB2B A-10 OA-10 Black Cat

RCAF Canso A (Serial No. 9754), No. 162 Squadron, F/L David Ernest Hornell aircraft.
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The Consolidated Catalina and Canso were close cousins. The Canso was the true amphibious version of the design and therefore included a conventional undercarriage to allow for either water or land use. The Canso provided more than two decades of valuable service to the RCAF. The Catalina variant came first and was produced beginning in 1935 for the United States Navy. The amphibious version, designated PBY-5A, came in service early in 1941 and the RCAF began using the aircraft on anti-submarine patrols that same year. After the Second World War, the RCAF used Cansos for search and rescue, Arctic survey missions and various transport operations.RCAF

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