DeBretigny, Devereux Lionel Doria
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-11-12
Birth Date: unkown date
Born:
Home: Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RAF
Unit
45 Group (RAF)
Base
RAF Ferry Command, Bermuda
Rank
Civilian
Position
Civilian
Service Numbers
First Burial
Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England.
Took off from Dorval on a first-leg transfer flight to Bermuda on a trans-Atlantic flight to the UK.
Crashed in the Strait of Canso in the Atlantic, off Nova Scotia. There were only 2 survivors from the six man crew:Sergeant Norman James Cheney, RNZAF 414862 Radio Operator.Sergeant George Harold Salt, RAF 569399 Flight Engineer.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.findagrave.comCanso FP209
Ferry Flight 1942-November-11 to 1942-November-12
() Ferry Command (RAF) Bermuda
RAF Ferry Command. Canso I aircraft FP 209, flying out of Bermuda, crashed in the Strait of Canso, catching fire near the CNR wharf at Pirate Harbour, Mulgrave, Nova Scotia with the loss of four of the six aircrew aboard
Pilot Officer SF Fairbairn (RCAF), Sergeant NJ Cheney (RNZAF), Canadian Civilian, DLD DeBretigny and British Civilian pilot Captain RH Sandeman, were all missing, presumed killed in this flying accident
The missing have no known grave
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Pilot Officer Fairbairn and Sergeant Cheney are commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial
DLD DeBretigny and RHM Sandeman are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie page 315,358
[Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database]... This incident involved multiple aircraft:
- Canso Serial: FP209
All the above aircraft in the above list are referenced in this report.
Canso FP209
Consolidated Canso Catalina PBY PB2B A-10 OA-10 Black Cat
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 Canso FP209 - Ferry Flight - 1942-11-11 to 1942-11-12
6 Group Unavailable
RAF Ferry Command. Canso I aircraft FP 209, flying out of Bermuda, crashed in the Strait of Canso, catching fire near the CNR wharf at Pirate Harbour, Mulgrave, Nova Scotia with the loss of four of the six aircrew aboard
Pilot Officer SF Fairbairn (RCAF), Sergeant NJ Cheney (RNZAF), Canadian Civilian, DLD DeBretigny and British Civilian pilot Captain RH Sandeman, were all missing, presumed killed in this flying accident
The missing have no known grave
F
Pilot Officer Fairbairn and Sergeant Cheney are commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial
DLD DeBretigny and RHM Sandeman are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie page 315,358