Birth Date: 1921-May-10
Born:
Son of Robert Farquharson and Jean (nee Goudie) Farquharson
Home: Corbyville, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Decorations: DFC
Service
RCAF
Unit
126 (F) Sqn- Squadron
Base
RAF Takali, Malta
Rank
Flt. Lieutenant
Position
Warrant Officer 2
Service Numbers
J/15976
Corbyville, Ontario
Canadian fighter pilot Warrant Officer Class 2 GHT Farquharson (RCAF) who had served with 126 Squadron RAF in Malta went on to fly with 416 Squadron RCAF and ultimately survive the war
Aces Warriors and Wingmen, Firsthand Accounts of Canada's Fighter Pilots in the Second World War by Wayne Ralph, page 31-33Ace Warriors and Wingmen, Firsthand Accounts of Canada's Fighter Pilots in the Second World War by Wayne Ralph, page 31
The RCAF Overseas, The Fifth Year, page 239
#511 Squadron RAF (Surely and Quickly) Alexandria, Egypt. Liberator II AL516 was transporting a mix of passengers and crew of RCAF, RAF and RAAF very experienced, wounded and end-of-tour fighter pilots as well as some civilians, including military wives and two children, from Malta to Gibraltar. Arriving at Gibraltar in a thunderstorm, the Liberator overshot it's landing and crashed into the sea, killing fourteen aboard and various injuries to most survivors. The flight had intended to travel from Malta to Gibraltar before continuing to England. Some aboard were missing, not recovered but are commemorated on the Gibraltar Memorial (Shores, Cull & Malizia; Dennis Burke www.rafcommands.com)
The Liberator in Royal Air Force and Commonwealth Service by James D Oughton, page 100
Aircraft accidents in Yorkshire
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The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was an American heavy bomber flown by the RCAF during the Second Word War. It was designed with a shoulder-mounted, high aspect ratio Davis wing which gave the Liberator a high cruise speed, long range and the ability to carry a heavy bomb load. Early RAF Liberators were the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic Ocean as a matter of routine. In comparison with its contemporaries the B-24 was relatively difficult to fly and had poor low speed performance; it also had a lower ceiling compared with the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Of the roughly 18,500 B-24s built in the USA during the war, 148 were flown by the RCAF on long range anti-submarine patrols, with the B-24 serving an instrumental role in closing the Mid-Atlantic gap in the Battle of the Atlantic. The RCAF also flew a few B-24s post war as transports.
Roughly half of all (RAF) Liberator crews in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theatre were Canadian by the end of the war. John Muir of Vancouver flew the longest mission of the war: 24hrs, 10mins from Ceylon to Burma and back. (Kyle Hood) Harold Skaarup web page
#511 Squadron RAF (Surely and Quickly) Alexandria, Egypt. Liberator II AL516 was transporting a mix of passengers and crew of RCAF, RAF and RAAF very experienced, wounded and end-of-tour fighter pilots as well as some civilians, including military wives and two children, from Malta to Gibraltar. Arriving at Gibraltar in a thunderstorm, the Liberator overshot it's landing and crashed into the sea, killing fourteen aboard and various injuries to most survivors. The flight had intended to travel from Malta to Gibraltar before continuing to England. Some aboard were missing, not recovered but are commemorated on the Gibraltar Memorial (Shores, Cull & Malizia; Dennis Burke www.rafcommands.com)
The Liberator in Royal Air Force and Commonwealth Service by James D Oughton, page 100 Aircraft accidents in Yorkshire
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www.findagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
Liberator bomber
Wikipedia Liberator bomber