Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Find-A-Grave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
Toronto, Ontario
Consolidated Canso Catalina PBY PB2B A-10 OA-10 Black Cat
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 PBY
Harold A Skaarup Web PageCASPIR Aircraft Groups:
RCAF On Strength (274), RCAF 400 Squadron (13), Canadian Aircraft Losses (82)Canso A 11017
With No. 4 (BR) Squadron at RCAF Station Tofino, BC when it followed up submarine reported by Russian vessel at 50-52N, 139-39W. No contact. Still with this Squadron went missing on 14 November 1944.
1943-11-27 Taken on Strength Western Air Command 2019-08-20
1944-May-27 Accident: 4 Squadron Loc: Ucluelet British Columbia Names: Dessert | Giles | Goertzen | Parry | Reynolds | Seldon
1944-August-18 Accident: 122 (COMPOSITE) Squadron Loc: Patricia Bay Names: Brownwell | Emerson | Fountain | Grant | Hornby | Mcmaster | Robinson | Seldon | Selwyn | Walsh
1944-November-14 Accident: 4 Squadron Loc: Patrol 39 Area Names: Blesky | Butler | Feil | Gartley | George | Lynam | Patterson | Thomson | Welsh | Westphal
1945-01-11 Struck off Strength Struck off after going missing, see comments. 2019-08-20
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