Small, Cyril Harvey

Killed in Flying Accident 1941-09-27

Birth Date: 1918

Born: St John's, Newfoundland

Son of Joseph Henry Small, of St John's, Newfoundland

Home: Ormstown, Quebec, Canada

Enlistment: Gander, Newfoundland

Enlistment Date: 1941-05-09

Service

RAF

Unit

Ferry Command- Ferry Command (RAF)

Base

Dorval, Quebec

Rank

Civilian Radio Officer

Position

Civilian Radio Officer

Service Numbers

Hudson Mk. III AM940

Ferry Flight 1941-September-27 to 1941-September-27

() Ferry Command (RAF) Dorval, Quebec

RAF Ferry Command, Dorval, Quebec. Hudson aircraft AM 940 lost out of Gander, Newfoundland on a trans-Atlantic ferry flight to the UK. A last radio signal was received indicating that the crew had a serious problem and then no further contact was made, the aircraft and crew lost in the North Atlantic Ocean

Pilot Flying Officer HW Oldham (RCAF), Observer Sergeant WR Lance (RCAF) and Canadian civilian Radio Officer CH Small (Nfld) were all missing, presumed killed in this flying accident

The missing have no known grave. Flying Officer Oldham and Sergeant Lance are commemorated on the Ottawa War Memorial. Ottawa, Ontario. CH Small is commemorated in the United Kingdom Book of Remembrance

Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie pages 311, 390n33

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