6 AOS's Avro Anson
I (#R9740) aircraft, with an aircrew of four, took off from RCAF Prince Albert for night-time navigational training flight. R9740 crashed six miles south-west of Kinistino in Saskatchewan, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The casualties of this unfortunate accident were-
RCAF Leading Aircraftman Harvey William HURST,
RCAF Leading Aircraftman Cyril Samuel LAPP,
RCAF Flying Officer Olav Alfred NESS and
American Civilian Pilot G. K. HYER.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Service Number: R/127999
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 6 Air Observer School (AOS); RCAF Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
A student, residing on Muskoka Street in Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 26 Aug 1941 in Toronto, Ontario.
Son of Albert Douglas Hurst and Ida Ellen (née Brown) Hurst of Gravenhurst [both parent born in England].
Leading Aircraftman Harvey William Hurst is commemorated on Page 83 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
I (#R9740) aircraft, with an aircrew of four, took off from RCAF Prince Albert for night-time navigational training flight. R9740 crashed six miles south-west of Kinistino in Saskatchewan, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The casualties of this unfortunate accident were-
RCAF Leading Aircraftman Harvey William HURST,
RCAF Leading Aircraftman Cyril Samuel LAPP,
RCAF Flying Officer Olav Alfred NESS and
American Civilian Pilot G. K. HYER.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Service Number: R/127999
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 6 Air Observer School (AOS); RCAF Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
A student, residing on Muskoka Street in Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 26 Aug 1941 in Toronto, Ontario.
Son of Albert Douglas Hurst and Ida Ellen (née Brown) Hurst of Gravenhurst [both parent born in England].
Leading Aircraftman Harvey William Hurst is commemorated on Page 83 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
6 AOS's Avro Anson
I (#R9740) aircraft, with an aircrew of four, took off from RCAF Prince Albert for night-time navigational training flight. R9740 crashed six miles south-west of Kinistino in Saskatchewan, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The casualties of this unfortunate accident were-
RCAF Leading Aircraftman Harvey William HURST,
RCAF Leading Aircraftman Cyril Samuel LAPP,
RCAF Flying Officer Olav Alfred NESS and
American Civilian Pilot G. K. HYER.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Service Number: R/127999
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 6 Air Observer School (AOS); RCAF Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
A student, residing on Muskoka Street in Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 26 Aug 1941 in Toronto, Ontario.
Son of Albert Douglas Hurst and Ida Ellen (née Brown) Hurst of Gravenhurst [both parent born in England].
Leading Aircraftman Harvey William Hurst is commemorated on Page 83 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
I (#R9740) aircraft, with an aircrew of four, took off from RCAF Prince Albert for night-time navigational training flight. R9740 crashed six miles south-west of Kinistino in Saskatchewan, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The casualties of this unfortunate accident were-
RCAF Leading Aircraftman Harvey William HURST,
RCAF Leading Aircraftman Cyril Samuel LAPP,
RCAF Flying Officer Olav Alfred NESS and
American Civilian Pilot G. K. HYER.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Service Number: R/127999
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 6 Air Observer School (AOS); RCAF Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
A student, residing on Muskoka Street in Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 26 Aug 1941 in Toronto, Ontario.
Son of Albert Douglas Hurst and Ida Ellen (née Brown) Hurst of Gravenhurst [both parent born in England].
Leading Aircraftman Harvey William Hurst is commemorated on Page 83 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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