Claresholm, Alberta
1917-06-13: Shearer's Strutter returned from a bombing mission with a hung bomb under the aircraft. While they tried to stabilize it in place, the bomb dropped and exploded. Shearer was injured and died 2 days later. His pilot, Flt. sub-Lieut. Maurice Hugh Stephens (Canadian) was killed.
Shearer, Thomas Ralph (Flt sub-Lieutenant)
Survived 1917-June-13
Birth Date: 1894-August-16
Born: Sherbrook, Quebec
Parents: Rev. William Shearer & Isabella Reid Russell
Spouse: unmarried
Home: Claresholm, Alberta
Enlistment: Kingston, Ontario
Enlistment Date: 1915-December-24
Service
RNAS
Unit
9 (F) Sqn- Squadron (RNAS)
Base
Belgium
Rank
Flt sub-Lieutenant
Position
Gunner-observer
Service Numbers
304626
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