Zurbrigg, Franklin Charles (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-January-13

Flight Sergeant Franklin Charles Zurbrigg RCAF

Birth Date: 1918

Born:

Parents: Son of Charles E. Zurbrigg and Selma Marie Zurbrigg, of Lucan, Ontario, Canada.

Spouse:

Home: Exeter, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

1 OTU- Operational Training Unit

Base

RCAF Stn. Siloth, Quebec

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Navigator Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

R/116656

Home

Exeter, Ontario

Final Burial

Silloth St Paul Churchyard
Sec R Grave 15

1 Operational Training Unit. Hudson aircraft T 9322 crashed when the pilot overshot the landing at Silloth aerodrome. Warrant Officer J.L. Belanger was also killed.

Unvetted Source Find a Grave - Cenotaph

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives of Canada - Service File of War Dead 1939-47 (pdf download)

RAF Commands Database

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Crew or Other Personnel

Hudson T9322

Warrant Officer 2 Joseph Leo Gerard Belanger RCAF

Warrant Officer 2 Belanger, Joseph Leo Gerard (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-January-13
Silloth St Paul Churchyard, Causewayhead, Wigton, UK

Flying Officer Gerald James Thomas Snoxell RAFVR

Flying Officer Snoxell, Gerald James Thomas (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-January-13
cemetery unknown

Flight Sergeant Franklin Charles Zurbrigg RCAF

Flight Sergeant Zurbrigg, Franklin Charles (RCAF)
Navigator Bomb Aimer
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-January-13
Silloth St Paul Churchyard, Causewayhead, Wigton, UK

Unit Desciption

1 OTU (1 Operational Training Unit)

The Operational Training Unit (OTU) was the last stop for aircrew trainees. They spent 8 to 14 weeks learning to fly operational aircraft (Hawker Hurricane or Fairey Swordfish, e.g.). The instructors had experience in actual operations, and often were posted to OTUs after their operational tour.