Four airmen lost their lives when 1 CNS's Anson (#6069) aircraft hit the ground near Newdale, Manitoba, Canada. The aircrew of the Anson were on a navigation exercise when the accident happened.
The Canadian airmen who perished in this crash were:-
Sergeant John Thomas CARTER,
Sergeant Joseph Charles Wilfred GAUTHIER DIT LAROUCHE,
Sergeant Adam John MAZUR and
Pilot Officer Arthur Weatherley WILLOUGHBY.
Military Service-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Service Number: J/11264
Age: 27
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #1 Central Navigation School RCAF Rivers, Manitoba
Son of Arthur T. Willoughby and Margaret A. Willoughby of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Pilot Officer Arthur Weatherley Willoughby is commemorated on Page 124 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
A special cairn displaying a plaque, which commemorates the four airmen who died on service, was erected in Cardale, not far from the location where the Anson crashed.
The Canadian airmen who perished in this crash were:-
Sergeant John Thomas CARTER,
Sergeant Joseph Charles Wilfred GAUTHIER DIT LAROUCHE,
Sergeant Adam John MAZUR and
Pilot Officer Arthur Weatherley WILLOUGHBY.
Military Service-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Service Number: J/11264
Age: 27
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #1 Central Navigation School RCAF Rivers, Manitoba
Son of Arthur T. Willoughby and Margaret A. Willoughby of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Pilot Officer Arthur Weatherley Willoughby is commemorated on Page 124 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
A special cairn displaying a plaque, which commemorates the four airmen who died on service, was erected in Cardale, not far from the location where the Anson crashed.
Four airmen lost their lives when 1 CNS's Anson (#6069) aircraft hit the ground near Newdale, Manitoba, Canada. The aircrew of the Anson were on a navigation exercise when the accident happened.
The Canadian airmen who perished in this crash were:-
Sergeant John Thomas CARTER,
Sergeant Joseph Charles Wilfred GAUTHIER DIT LAROUCHE,
Sergeant Adam John MAZUR and
Pilot Officer Arthur Weatherley WILLOUGHBY.
Military Service-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Service Number: J/11264
Age: 27
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #1 Central Navigation School RCAF Rivers, Manitoba
Son of Arthur T. Willoughby and Margaret A. Willoughby of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Pilot Officer Arthur Weatherley Willoughby is commemorated on Page 124 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
A special cairn displaying a plaque, which commemorates the four airmen who died on service, was erected in Cardale, not far from the location where the Anson crashed.
The Canadian airmen who perished in this crash were:-
Sergeant John Thomas CARTER,
Sergeant Joseph Charles Wilfred GAUTHIER DIT LAROUCHE,
Sergeant Adam John MAZUR and
Pilot Officer Arthur Weatherley WILLOUGHBY.
Military Service-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Service Number: J/11264
Age: 27
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #1 Central Navigation School RCAF Rivers, Manitoba
Son of Arthur T. Willoughby and Margaret A. Willoughby of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Pilot Officer Arthur Weatherley Willoughby is commemorated on Page 124 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
A special cairn displaying a plaque, which commemorates the four airmen who died on service, was erected in Cardale, not far from the location where the Anson crashed.
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