#1 ATS's Avro Anson (#1625) aircraft, with an aircrew of four, crashed during a navigational exercise near Oak Lake, Manitoba, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RCAF Sergeant Joseph Goodwin BUTCHER,
RCAF Sergeant Harry Albert HOWARTH,
RCAF Sergeant William Henry PREST and
RCAF Leading Aircraftman Lloyd Ross LANCASTER.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: R/63614
Age: 19
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #1 Air Navigation School (ATS); Rivers, Manitoba
A student, residing on O'Brien Street in London, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 14 May 1940 in London; he earned his Wings and was a staff pilot at #1 Air Navigation School in Trenton, Ontario.
Son of Charles Herbert and Mildred Jessie (née Burridge) Howarth of London, Ontario [father born in Yorkshire, England; mother born in London, Ontario.
Sergeant Harry Albert Howarth is commemorated on Page 33 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RCAF Sergeant Joseph Goodwin BUTCHER,
RCAF Sergeant Harry Albert HOWARTH,
RCAF Sergeant William Henry PREST and
RCAF Leading Aircraftman Lloyd Ross LANCASTER.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: R/63614
Age: 19
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #1 Air Navigation School (ATS); Rivers, Manitoba
A student, residing on O'Brien Street in London, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 14 May 1940 in London; he earned his Wings and was a staff pilot at #1 Air Navigation School in Trenton, Ontario.
Son of Charles Herbert and Mildred Jessie (née Burridge) Howarth of London, Ontario [father born in Yorkshire, England; mother born in London, Ontario.
Sergeant Harry Albert Howarth is commemorated on Page 33 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
#1 ATS's Avro Anson (#1625) aircraft, with an aircrew of four, crashed during a navigational exercise near Oak Lake, Manitoba, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RCAF Sergeant Joseph Goodwin BUTCHER,
RCAF Sergeant Harry Albert HOWARTH,
RCAF Sergeant William Henry PREST and
RCAF Leading Aircraftman Lloyd Ross LANCASTER.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: R/63614
Age: 19
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #1 Air Navigation School (ATS); Rivers, Manitoba
A student, residing on O'Brien Street in London, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 14 May 1940 in London; he earned his Wings and was a staff pilot at #1 Air Navigation School in Trenton, Ontario.
Son of Charles Herbert and Mildred Jessie (née Burridge) Howarth of London, Ontario [father born in Yorkshire, England; mother born in London, Ontario.
Sergeant Harry Albert Howarth is commemorated on Page 33 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RCAF Sergeant Joseph Goodwin BUTCHER,
RCAF Sergeant Harry Albert HOWARTH,
RCAF Sergeant William Henry PREST and
RCAF Leading Aircraftman Lloyd Ross LANCASTER.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: R/63614
Age: 19
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #1 Air Navigation School (ATS); Rivers, Manitoba
A student, residing on O'Brien Street in London, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 14 May 1940 in London; he earned his Wings and was a staff pilot at #1 Air Navigation School in Trenton, Ontario.
Son of Charles Herbert and Mildred Jessie (née Burridge) Howarth of London, Ontario [father born in Yorkshire, England; mother born in London, Ontario.
Sergeant Harry Albert Howarth is commemorated on Page 33 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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