1666 HCU- Heavy Conversion Unit (RCAF) -

The Heavy Conversion Unit (HCU) trained bomber crews who had finished an Operational Training Unit to fly the four-engined heavy bombers (Stirling, Halifax and Lancaster) before they joined a squadron.

From the unit's own diary (Operations Record Book): the unit was at RCAF Station Dalton until October 1943; the advance party was at Wombleton on 22 October 1943, Halifaxes were flown in from Dalton from 22 to 25 October, and the movement was completed on 25 October 1943.

No. 1666 Conversion Unit, Operations Record Book (Form 540), Bomber Command Museum of Canada Archives, https://bombercommandmuseumarchives.ca/6group_hcus/6group_hcu_1666.pdf (pages 41-43)

Unit Accident Records: 1666 HCU 1666 Heavy Conversion Unit RCAF ()

No Crash Cards Found

Unit Casualtues: 1666 HCU 1666 Heavy Conversion Unit RCAF (64)

John Burgess Eaton
1944-February-29
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II JD386
Oshawa, Ontario
Peter Zayets
1944-February-29
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II JD386
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Francis Elvin Wilt
1944-February-29
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II JD386
Stelcam, Saskatchewan
Johann Sigurdson
1944-February-29
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II JD386
Winnipeg, Manitoba
George Lindley Muskett
1944-February-29
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II JD386
Vancouver, British Columbia
Joseph Michael Healey
1944-February-29
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II JD386
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Francis James Leech
1944-March-03
Killed in Flying Accident
Lancaster Mk.II DS650
Victoria, British Columbia
William Warren Campbell
1944-March-03
Killed in Flying Accident
Lancaster Mk.II DS650
Pembroke, Ontario
John Simms
1944-March-03
Killed in Flying Accident
Lancaster Mk.II DS650
Victoria, British Columbia
Robert George Calder
1944-March-03
Killed in Flying Accident
Lancaster Mk.II DS650
Kenora, Ontario
Thomas Harvey Wilson
1944-June-09
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B.Mk.II LW279
Parkman, Saskatchewan
Rudolph Filmore Warne
1944-June-09
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B.Mk.II LW279
Prince Rupert, British Columbia
Richard Robert Norman
1944-June-09
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B.Mk.II LW279
Bowden, Alberta
William Bennett Hawkins
1944-June-09
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B.Mk.II LW279
Govan, Saskatchewan
Arthur Taylor Gill
1944-June-09
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B.Mk.II LW279
Calgary, Alberta
William James Banner
1944-June-09
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B.Mk.II LW279
Oshawa, Ontario
William Wallington Astles
1944-June-09
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B.Mk.II LW279
London, Ontario
Leonard Burnie Lemon
1944-June-23
Survived
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II JD106
Leonard Allan Scutt
1944-June-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II JD106
Limerick, Saskatchewan
Jean Marie Charles Plante
1944-June-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II JD106
Quebec City, Quebec
Arthur Paul Haacke
1944-June-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II JD106
Elphinstone, Manitoba
Herbert William Garwood
1944-June-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II JD106
London, Ontario
Melville Alfred Foy
1944-June-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II JD106
Toronto, Ontario
Ward Thomas Falan
1944-June-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II JD106
Collins Bay, Ontario
Victor Zoratti
1944-July-11
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II HX147
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Raymond Frank Simmons
1944-July-11
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II HX147
Hamilton, Ontario
Robert Kirk Moore
1944-July-11
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II HX147
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Johnny Peter Kolomic
1944-July-11
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II HX147
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Neil John Kidney
1944-July-11
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II HX147
Whitecourt, Alberta
William Arthur Corley
1944-July-11
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II HX147
Mount Forest, Ontario
John Douglas Best
1944-July-11
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II HX147
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Ian Livingstone
1944-July-24
Killed in Action
Oban, Scotland
John Murray Ludlow
1944-July-24
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II JD372
Toronto, Ontario (parents)
George Alexander Lewthwaite
1944-July-24
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II JD372
Outremont, Quebec
Albert Chalmers Reynolds
1944-July-24
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II JD372
Toronto, Ontario (parents)
Archibald Douglas Moffat
1944-July-24
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II JD372
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Frank Harold Green
1944-July-24
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II JD372
Calgary, Alberta (parents)
Donald Franklin Dittmer
1944-July-24
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II JD372
Toronto, Ontario (parents)
Harry A Wintermute
1944-October-05
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II JN886
Belmont, Ontario
Matthew John Goldie Cooke
1944-October-05
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II JN886
Vancouver, British Columbia (parents)
John Wakefield
1944-October-20
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B.Mk.II LW235
Toronto, Ontario
Henry William Ferris
1944-October-27
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II HR723
Toronto, Ontario
John Francis Emery
1944-November-19
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II DT735
Westville, Nova Scotia
James Edward Osborn
1944-November-19
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II DT735
Fort Erie, Ontario
Joseph Norman O'Donnell
1944-November-19
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II DT735
Killarney, Manitoba
Edward Alexander Hine
1944-November-19
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II DT735
Brantford, Ontario
Robert Sidney Gray
1944-November-19
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II DT735
Vancouver, British Columbia
Clifford Nicholas Flette
1944-November-19
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II DT735
Peace River, Alberta
Theodore Reginald Bailey
1944-November-19
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II DT735
Rodene, Saskatchewan
Michael La Verne Long
1945-January-14
Killed in Action
Lancaster Mk.I HK756
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
William Alexander Wegenast
1945-January-14
Killed in Action
Lancaster Mk.I HK756
Hamilton, Ontario
Joseph Klatman
1945-January-14
Killed in Action
Lancaster Mk.I HK756
Toronto, Ontario
Lawrence Frederick Bransby Goodwin
1945-January-14
Killed in Action
Lancaster Mk.I HK756
London, England
Walter Harry George Field
1945-January-14
Killed in Action
Lancaster Mk.I HK756
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Wyman Alexander Booth
1945-January-14
Killed in Action
Lancaster Mk.I HK756
Toronto, Ontario
Victor Robert Adams
1945-January-14
Killed in Action
Lancaster Mk.I HK756
Sayerville, Quebec
Donald Gordon MacKenzie
1945-February-10
Killed in Flying Accident
Lancaster Mk.I ME750
Kilmarnock, Scotland
Earl Douglas Tait
1945-February-10
Killed in Flying Accident
Lancaster Mk.I ME750
Marysville, York County, New Brunswick
Arnold Joseph Snetsinger
1945-February-10
Killed in Flying Accident
Lancaster Mk.I ME750
Dickinson's Landing, Ontario
Kenneth Mark Pridham
1945-February-10
Killed in Flying Accident
Lancaster Mk.I ME750
Pickering, Ontario
William Henry Matheson
1945-February-10
Killed in Flying Accident
Lancaster Mk.I ME750
Campbellton, New Brunswick
Alvin Walter Heard
1945-February-10
Killed in Flying Accident
Lancaster Mk.I ME750
St Marys, Ontario, Canada
Herbert George Christie
1945-February-10
Killed in Flying Accident
Lancaster Mk.I ME750
Toronto, Ontario
Ronald Kenneth Nicholson
1945-June-17
Died
East Kildonan, Manitoba