Wilkie, David (Sergeant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-March-13
Birth Date: 1915
Born:
Parents: Son of David and Isabella Garrow Wilkie
Spouse: Husband of Dorothy Draper (nee McEwan) Wilkie, of Vernon, British Columbia
Home: Vernon, British Columbia, Canada
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
45 Group (RAF)
Base
Dorval, Quebec
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Navigator/Bomb Aimer
Service Numbers
655041
Vernon, British Columbia, Canada
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Canso FP116
Mission
Canso Catalina Mk. IB FP116
Ferry Flight 1943-March-13 to 1943-March-13
45 (T) Group (RAF) Dorval, Quebec
45 Group RAF Transport Command. Catalina aircraft FP 116 crashed into the sea near Bermuda after an engine failure
Canadian civilian Pilot CA "Duke" Schiller, Navigator Sergeant D Wilkie (RAFVR), Newfoundland civilian Radio Officer WB Collins and USAAF Radio Officer JC Ford were all killed in this flying accident
Span class="citation">Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie, page 318
[Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database]...Canso serial: FP116
RCAF Canso A (Serial No. 9754), No. 162 Squadron, F/L David Ernest Hornell aircraft.
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
Canso PBY
Wikipedia Canso PBY