4 BGS's Lysander aircraft (#1540), with two airmen on board, had been towing drogues for an air to air firing exercise, breaking way at the completion of this exercise. The Lysander was seen to take a sharp dive about 15 minutes later, crashing into the ground 1 and 1.5 miles north-west of Sheddon, Ontario. Both Corporal Kenneth Elgin Nicholson and Flight Sergeant Robert PRENTICE perished in this aircraft accident.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Corporal
Trade: Drogue Operator
Service Number: R/74648
Age: 27
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #4 Bombing and Gunnery School (BGS); RCAF Fingal, Ontario]
He enlisted in the RCAF on 2 Oct 1940 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Son of Margaret Anna (née Crowder) Nicholson Beatty of Vancouver; husband of Margaret Louise (née Bell) Nicholson of Vancouver [the couple married on 16 April 1941 in Vancouver].
Corporal Kenneth Elgin Nicholson is commemorated on Page 198 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Corporal
Trade: Drogue Operator
Service Number: R/74648
Age: 27
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #4 Bombing and Gunnery School (BGS); RCAF Fingal, Ontario]
He enlisted in the RCAF on 2 Oct 1940 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Son of Margaret Anna (née Crowder) Nicholson Beatty of Vancouver; husband of Margaret Louise (née Bell) Nicholson of Vancouver [the couple married on 16 April 1941 in Vancouver].
Corporal Kenneth Elgin Nicholson is commemorated on Page 198 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
4 BGS's Lysander aircraft (#1540), with two airmen on board, had been towing drogues for an air to air firing exercise, breaking way at the completion of this exercise. The Lysander was seen to take a sharp dive about 15 minutes later, crashing into the ground 1 and 1.5 miles north-west of Sheddon, Ontario. Both Corporal Kenneth Elgin Nicholson and Flight Sergeant Robert PRENTICE perished in this aircraft accident.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Corporal
Trade: Drogue Operator
Service Number: R/74648
Age: 27
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #4 Bombing and Gunnery School (BGS); RCAF Fingal, Ontario]
He enlisted in the RCAF on 2 Oct 1940 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Son of Margaret Anna (née Crowder) Nicholson Beatty of Vancouver; husband of Margaret Louise (née Bell) Nicholson of Vancouver [the couple married on 16 April 1941 in Vancouver].
Corporal Kenneth Elgin Nicholson is commemorated on Page 198 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Corporal
Trade: Drogue Operator
Service Number: R/74648
Age: 27
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #4 Bombing and Gunnery School (BGS); RCAF Fingal, Ontario]
He enlisted in the RCAF on 2 Oct 1940 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Son of Margaret Anna (née Crowder) Nicholson Beatty of Vancouver; husband of Margaret Louise (née Bell) Nicholson of Vancouver [the couple married on 16 April 1941 in Vancouver].
Corporal Kenneth Elgin Nicholson is commemorated on Page 198 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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