Westphal, John Lorne

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-11-14

Birth Date: 1928-April-28

Born:

Son of John Westphal, and of Pauline Westphal, of Toronto, Ontario.

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

4 (BR) Sqn- Squadron

Base

RCAF Stn. Tofino, British Columbia

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Flying Officer

Service Numbers

J/36036

Home

Toronto, Ontario

First Burial

Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario

4 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron, Tofino, British Columbia. Canso aircraft missing.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

www.findagrave.com

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

This incident involved multiple aircraft:

Canso A Serial: 11017

All the above aircraft in the above list are referenced in this report.

Findagrave.com

Canso 11017

Pilot Officer Blesky, Michael Harris (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-November-14
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Flight Lieutenant Butler, George Edwin Charles (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-November-14
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Feil, Edward George (RCAF)
armourer
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-November-14
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Flight Sergeant Gartley, Earl Payson (RCAF)
armourer
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-November-14
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Male Head

Flying Officer George, Alan Baldwin (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-November-14
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Flying Officer Lynam, Francis William (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-November-14
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Pilot Officer Patterson, George Fredrick (RCAF)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-November-14
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Pilot Officer Thomson, Ross Corrie (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-November-14
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Pilot Officer Welsh, John (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-November-14
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Flying Officer Westphal, John Lorne (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-November-14
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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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