#2 AOS's Avro Anson (#6269) aircraft, with an aircrew of four, was on a routine night navigation flight when it crashed into Cooking Lake (Strathcona), 3 miles north-east of Cooking Lake's airport taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAAF Sergeant Leonard Alfred EASTHER,
RCAF Sergeant Ralph Percy GIBSON,
RNZAF Leading Aircraftman James Glen HENNESSY and
RAAF Leading Aircraftman Leslie William OAKES.
Military Service-
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Service No: 42715
Age: 28
Service: Royal New Zealand Air Force
Division: Unit: 2 Air Observers School (AOS); RCAF Edmonton, Alberta
Son of James Patrick and Mildred Catherine Hennessy; husband of Marcia Hennessy of Ngaruawakia, Auckland, New Zealand.
He is commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
#2 AOS's Avro Anson (#6269) aircraft, with an aircrew of four, was on a routine night navigation flight when it crashed into Cooking Lake (Strathcona), 3 miles north-east of Cooking Lake's airport taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAAF Sergeant Leonard Alfred EASTHER,
RCAF Sergeant Ralph Percy GIBSON,
RNZAF Leading Aircraftman James Glen HENNESSY and
RAAF Leading Aircraftman Leslie William OAKES.
Military Service-
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Service No: 42715
Age: 28
Service: Royal New Zealand Air Force
Division: Unit: 2 Air Observers School (AOS); RCAF Edmonton, Alberta
Son of James Patrick and Mildred Catherine Hennessy; husband of Marcia Hennessy of Ngaruawakia, Auckland, New Zealand.
He is commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Inscription
(Epitaph...)
NOT WHILE THE STARS IN
THE HEAVENS ARE BURNING
SHALL WE FORGET.
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