Flying Officer Salt survived the crash with shock, multiple lacerations, a compound fracture of the lower jaw and multiple burns. He recovered from his injuries, but sadly, would be killed during a training flight 1947-07-01 on 242 Squadron York C1 aircraft MW224
Salt, George Harold (Flying Officer)
Survived 1942-November-12
Birth Date: unkown date
Born:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RAF
Unit
45 Group (RAF)
Base
Bermuda
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Sergeant
Service Numbers
568399
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Crew or Other Personnel
Canso FP209
Mission
Canso 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]...Canso serial: FP209
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
Canso PBY
Wikipedia Canso PBYAircraft Images
Canso FP209
Canso FP209
1942-November-12 Accident: RAF Ferry COMMAND Loc: Strait Of Canso Nova Scotia Names: Cheney | De Bretigny | Fairbairn | Mowatt | Salt | Sandeman
Canso FP209 - Ferry Flight - 1942-11-11 to 1942-11-12
Squadron: Ferry Command (RAF)
Start Date: 1942-11-11
Completion Date: 1942-11-12
Mission: Ferry Flight
Operation: unspecified
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Base: Bermuda
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Crash City: Canada
Crash Specifics: Pirate Harbour, Mulgrave, Nova Scotia
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
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