Nova Scotia death record:-

Paul Amos Rogers, died 1942 in Scotsburn, Pictou County; death record can be found in Registration Year: 1942 - Book: 200 - Page: 733.

Pilot Officer Rogers was killed in the crash of 31 OTU's Hudson bomber (#BW 401) aircraft at Dalhousie Mountain, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada; 5 airmen perished in the accident.

The casualties of this aircraft accident were:-

RCAF Pilot Officer Paul Amos ROGERS,

RCAF Sergeant Howard James VINCENT,

RCAF Pilot Officer John Kenneth HOBSON,

RCAF Sergeant Arnold William COOKE and

RAAF Pilot Officer John Alan BURSILL.

Military Service:-

Rank: Pilot Officer

Service Number: J/15115

Age: 22

Force: Air Force

Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force

Division: 31 Operational Training Unit (OTU)

Citations: 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45. Mentioned in despatches.

He enlisted on 5 June 1940 in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.

Son of Nelson Burt and Lottie Hazel (née Gaunce) Rogers of Fielding, New Brunswick; husband of Mable Angela (née Fowler) Rogers of Edmonton, Alberta; brother of Ira, Gifford, Earl, Eddy, Frank, Rodney, Samuel, Eva, Edna and RCAF Sergeant Barney Andrew ROGERS, 16 Operational Training Unit-who also served, killed in a flying accident, in England, on 11 September 1942 (he was laid to rest in the Ipswich Cemetery in Suffolk, England).

Pilot Officer Paul Amos Rogers is commemorated on Page 111 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.

He is also commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

A dedication service took place on 10 August 2008, the 66th anniversary of the crash of Hudson bomber, BW 401 which took the lives of four Canadians, Sergeant Howard J. 'Jim' Vincent, Pilot Officer John Kenneth 'Jack' Hobson, Pilot Officer Paul Amos Rogers and Sergeant Arnold William Cooke and Pilot Officer John Bursill from Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia. The church service which was held at Durham Presbyterian Church followed by family of the crew and other dignitaries being transported to the memorial site at Dalhousie Mountain where a military-style ceremony took place. There was an unveiling and consecration of the Memorial Stone and Plaque.