2 ANS's Avro Anson V (RCAF #V11600) training aircraft, with an aircrew of five, flew into bad weather conditions at night and crashed at sea, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Leading Aircraftman Frank DUNCAN,
RCAF Leading Aircraftman Albert Charles KILSBY,
RCAF Corporal Carl Edgar LOGAN,
RAFVR Leading Aircraftman William John Strachan MATHERS and
RCAF Warrant Officer Class II Allan Campbell MURCHIE.
Military Service:-
Rank: Warrant Officer Class II
Service Number: R/138538
Age: 26
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #2 Air Navigation School (ANS); RCAF Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Son of J. Olin Murchie and Gertrude E. Murchie of Milltown, New Brunswick, Canada.
Warrant Officer Class II Allan Campbell Murchie is commemorated on Page 401 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
2 ANS's Avro Anson V (RCAF #V11600) training aircraft, with an aircrew of five, flew into bad weather conditions at night and crashed at sea, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Leading Aircraftman Frank DUNCAN,
RCAF Leading Aircraftman Albert Charles KILSBY,
RCAF Corporal Carl Edgar LOGAN,
RAFVR Leading Aircraftman William John Strachan MATHERS and
RCAF Warrant Officer Class II Allan Campbell MURCHIE.
Military Service:-
Rank: Warrant Officer Class II
Service Number: R/138538
Age: 26
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #2 Air Navigation School (ANS); RCAF Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Son of J. Olin Murchie and Gertrude E. Murchie of Milltown, New Brunswick, Canada.
Warrant Officer Class II Allan Campbell Murchie is commemorated on Page 401 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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