147 Squadron (RCAF) -

Lineage (excerpt)

Authorized as 'No.147 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron' 15 June 1942. Disbanded 15 March 1944.

Operational history

The Second World War

The squadron flew on anti-submarine operations on the Pacific Coast under 'Western Air Command'.

Government of Canada, The Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces, Volume 4: Operational Flying Squadrons (A-AD-267-000/AF-004)

Unit Accident Records: 147 Sqn RCAF (21)

1942-July-07 Accident: 147 BR Squadron Loc: 3½ Mile South-East Of Stn Names: Delaney | Miners | Sterling
1942-July-23 Accident: 147 Squadron Loc: Sea Island British Columbia Names: Inrig | Marcou
1942-August-28 Accident: 147 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Chammen | Smith | Thomas
1942-September-06 Accident: 147 Squadron Loc: Unknown Names: Child | Duffy | Moore
1942-October-07 Accident: 147 BR Squadron Loc: Sea Island British Columbia Names: Beatty | Causey | Shuttleworth
1942-October-13 Accident: 147 Squadron Loc: Sea Island Names: Harradance | Jones | Wilson
1942-October-20 Accident: 147 BR Squadron Loc: Sea Island Aerodrome Names: Butt | Muter | Renton
1942-October-24 Accident: 147 Squadron Loc: Sea Island Names: Delany | Ross | Tokarchuk
1942-November-24 Accident: 147 Squadron Loc: Sea Island Names: Johnson | Poulton | Thompson
1942-December-02 Accident: 147 BR Squadron Loc: Sea Island Aerodrome Names: Belisle | Dickson | Toner
1942-December-22 Accident: 147 Squadron Loc: Sea Island Airfield Names: Butt | Muter | Spilsbury
1943-February-16 Accident: 147 BR Squadron Loc: Rcaf Stnorth Tofino British Columbia Names: Ashburner | Edgar | Howay | Hyde
1943-March-02 Accident: 147 Squadron Loc: Sea Island Runway Names: Harley | Mcinnes | Poulton | Wilkes
1943-April-12 Accident: 147 Squadron Loc: Rcaf Stnorth Tofino British Columbia Names: Little | Mckegney | Rosencrance
1943-April-22 Accident: 147 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hanchet | Martin | Murray
1943-October-23 Accident: 147 Squadron Loc: Rcaf Stnorth Tofino British Columbia Names: Anderson | Macnabb | Robb | Robb
1943-October-23 Accident: 147 Squadron Loc: Rcaf Stnorth Tofino British Columbia Names: Anderson | Macnabb | Robb | Robb
1943-October-26 Accident: 147 Squadron Loc: Tofino Aerodrome Names: Everingham | Hazell | Ronalds | Sochaski
1943-October-27 Accident: 147 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Belilsle | Eckertt | Mountain | Toner
1944-January-08 Accident: 147 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Frey | Hyde | Jean | Miller | Norton | Toner
1944-January-08 Accident: 147 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Frey | Hyde | Jean | Miller | Norton | Toner

Unit Casualtues: 147 Sqn RCAF (11)

Donald John Sterling
1942-July-07
Killed in Action
Crane Mk. I 8671
Ottawa, Ontario
Harold Milton Miners
1942-July-07
Killed in Action
Crane Mk. I 8671
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
David Wayne Moore
1942-September-06
Killed in Action
Bolingbroke Mk. IV 9114
Keewatin, Ontario
Jack Duffy
1942-September-06
Killed in Action
Bolingbroke Mk. IV 9114
Victoria, British Columbia
Colin Gartrell Child
1942-September-06
Killed in Action
Bolingbroke Mk. IV 9114
Vancouver, British Columbia (patents)
Ralph William Murray
1943-April-22
Killed in Action
Bolingbroke Mk. IV 9038
Winnipeg, Manitoba
J A Miller
1944-January-08
Survived
Bolingbroke Mk. IV 9121
J H Frey
1944-January-08
Survived
Bolingbroke Mk. IV 9121
William Joseph Toner
1944-January-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Bolingbroke Mk. IV 9031
Guelph, Ontario
Henry John Hyde
1944-January-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Bolingbroke Mk. IV 9031
Lowe Farm, Manitoba
James Andrew Horton
1944-January-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Bolingbroke Mk. IV 9031
Vegreville, Alberta