Wiskin, James Harold Charles (Aircraftman 1st Class)

Killed in Action 1940-April-20

Aircraftman 1st Class James Harold Charles Wiskin RCAF

Birth Date: 1919-September-14

Born:

Parents: Son of James H. Wiskin and Vera Wiskin, of Belleville; husband of Molly M. Wiskin, of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Spouse: Husband of Molly M. Wiskin, of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Home: Belleville, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

10 (BR) Sqn- Squadron

Base

Rank

Aircraftman 1st Class

Position

Service Numbers

2645

Home
Google MapBelleville, Ontario
Final Burial
Google MapCataraqui Cemetery
Sec H Lot 6

Digby serial: 743

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3581607) (Source Harold A Skaarup web page)
Douglas Digby Mk. I, RCAF (Serial No. 740), coded R, No. 10 (Bomber) Squadron, RCAF.

The RCAF acquired 20 Douglas Digby Mk. I in 1940. These were American twin engine B-18A Bolo bombers which served during the late 1930s and early 1940s. The Digby, named after the RAF school of bombing at RAF Digby, was based on the Douglas DC-2 airframe. The RCAF Digbys were immediately issued to No. 10 Squadron to replace the squadron's Westland Wapitis, to carry out anit-submarine patrol duties. RCAF Eastern Air Command (EAC) Digbys carried out 11 attacks on U-boats. U-520 was confirmed sunk by Flying Officer F. Raymes' crew of No. 10 (BR) Squadron, on 30 October 1942, east of Newfoundland. The Digby antisubmarine role was relatively short-lived, and they were superseded in this role in 1943 by Consolidated B-24 Liberators, which had a much heavier payload and a substantially longer range which finally closed the mid-Atlantic gap. Harold Skaarup web page

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Aircraft Images

Digby 743

Digby Mk. I 743

With No. 10 (BR) Squadron, RCAF Station Dartmouth, NS. Category A crash at Dartmouth at 14:30 on 20 April 1940. Some parts salvaged when scrapped.

1940-03-12 Taken on Strength Eastern Air Command 2019-08-20
1940-April-20 Accident: 10 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Barry | Dennis | Richardson | Thomas | Wiskin | Wood
1940-07-13 Struck off Strength Struck off, scrapped by No. 10 Squadron 2019-08-20

Unit Desciption

10 (BR) Sqn ()

Battle honours

The Second World War

NORTH-WEST ATLANTIC, 1940-1945.

Lineage

Authorized as ‘No.10 (Torpedo Bomber) Squadron’ 1 April 1938.Footnote1

Redesignated 'No.10 (Bomber) Squadron' 28 August 1939.Footnote2

Redesignated 'No.10 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron' 1 September 1939.Footnote3

Disbanded 13 August 1945.Footnote4

Notes:

No lineal connection with '10 Experimental Squadron', of 1967-70. See 10 Experimental Squadron.

Operational history

The Second World War

The squadron flew on anti-submarine operations on the Atlantic Coast under 'Eastern Air Command'.Footnote5

Footnotes

Footnote 1

GO 48/38. Authorized but not formed (AFGO 19/39)

Footnote 2

AFGO 41/39

Footnote 3

AFGO 57/39\

Footnote 4

Secret Organization Order 279, 4 August 1945, file S.17-10-1 (DOE), Kardex 181.009 (D5432)

Footnote 5

AFGO 25/40; Statement and Organization Charts for the Home and Overseas War and BCATP Organization, 15 April 1942, file S.8202, Kardex 181.002 (D421); Memorandum, Notes for CAS, Appendix A, 12 September 1939, Document Collection 77/543

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