Whatmore, Stephen Francis (Civilian )

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-February-07

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Birth Date: 1916

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RAF

Unit

Ferry Command- Ferry Command (RAF)

Base

RAF Ferry Command, Bermuda

Rank

Civilian

Position

Radio Officer

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Memorial Location
Google MapOttawa War Memorial
Panel 3 Column 2
Aircraft lost in transit between Georgetown, Guyana and UK Crew: First Officer L. Andrew Eugene BLEAU () Ottawa Memorial Panel 3. Column 1. Flight Sergeant Thomas Clarence JUDIESCH (R/115925) RCAF Ottawa Memorial Panel 2. Column 4. Pilot Officer Edward Dennis MARKHAM (133720) RAF Ottawa Memorial Panel 2. Column 2. Captain Samuel Howard McCAWLEY () Ottawa Memorial Panel 3. Column 2. Sergeant Cecil Stanley RUMBLE (615014) RAF Ottawa Memoria Panel 2. Column 2. Radio Officer Stephen Francis WHATMORE () Ottawa Memorial

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Crew or Other Personnel

Canso FP309

Civilian Andrew Eugene Bleau RAF

Civilian Bleau, Andrew Eugene (RAF)
First Officer
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-February-07
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Flight Sergeant Thomas Clarence Judiesch RCAF

Flight Sergeant Judiesch, Thomas Clarence (RCAF)
Radio Officer
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-February-07
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Pilot Officer Edward Dennis Markham RAF

Pilot Officer Markham, Edward Dennis (RAF)
Navigator
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-February-07
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Civilian Samuel Howard McCawley RAF

Civilian McCawley, Samuel Howard (RAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-February-07
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Sergeant Cecil Stanley Rumble RAF

Sergeant Rumble, Cecil Stanley (RAF)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-February-07
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Civilian Stephen Francis Whatmore RAF

Civilian Whatmore, Stephen Francis (RAF)
Radio Officer
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-February-07
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Canso serial: FP309

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

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Unit Desciption

Ferry Command (RAF Ferry Command)

RAF Ferry Command, the Royal Air Force command formed on 20 July 1941 by raising the RAF Atlantic Ferry Service (ATFERO) to command status, to ferry aircraft from North America to the front line; its base of operations was Dorval, near Montreal. On 25 March 1943 it was subsumed into the new Transport Command by being reduced to group status as No. 45 (Atlantic Ferry) Group (Wikipedia, RAF Ferry Command). Between ATFERO and No. 45 Group.