West, Donald Edward (Flying Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1955-April-21

Flying Officer Donald Edward West RCAF

Birth Date: 1918

Born: Edmonton, Alberta

Archibald & Louise West of Edmonton, Alberta.

Home: Edmonton, Alberta

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

121 (Comm) Flight- Flight

Base

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Flying Officer

Service Numbers

41440

Final Burial
Google MapWest Town Cemetery
Row D Plot 20 Grave 18

H-21 serial: 9613

(Jerry Gunner Photo)(Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page)
Piasecki Vertol H-21 Shawnee (Serial No. 56-2142).

The Piasecki H-21 Workhorse/Shawnee is an American helicopter, the fourth of a line of tandem rotor helicopters designed and built by Piasecki Helicopter (later Boeing Vertol). Commonly called "the flying banana", it was a multi-mission helicopter, utilizing wheels, skis, or floats.

The H-21 was originally developed by Piasecki as an Arctic rescue helicopter. The H-21 had winterization features permitting operation at temperatures as low as −65 °F (−54 °C), and could be routinely maintained in severe cold weather environments Wikipedia

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