#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.
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.
#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.
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.
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