2 Air Navigation School's Avro Anson (#11588) aircraft, with an aircrew of four, was on a night navigation training flight when it ran out of fuel, crashing into the sea between Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RCAF Leading Aircraftman Ronald COLLEY,
RAFVR Leading Aircraftman Kenneth EVES,
RCAF Flying Officer William Duncan POTTER and
RCAF Corporal Henry Joseph STOIK.
Military Service:-
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Trade: Bomb Aimer (Under Training)
Service Number: R/183819
Age: 22
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #2 Air Navigation School; Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
A draughtsman by trade, residing on Rosedale Street in London, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 24 Aug 1942 in London.
Son of Margaret Emily (née Davis) Colley and son of the late William Colley [both parents born in Wales]; husband of Janet (née Hossock) Colley of London, Ontario, Canada.
Leading Aircraftman Ronald Colley is commemorated on Page 276 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
2 Air Navigation School's Avro Anson (#11588) aircraft, with an aircrew of four, was on a night navigation training flight when it ran out of fuel, crashing into the sea between Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RCAF Leading Aircraftman Ronald COLLEY,
RAFVR Leading Aircraftman Kenneth EVES,
RCAF Flying Officer William Duncan POTTER and
RCAF Corporal Henry Joseph STOIK.
Military Service:-
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Trade: Bomb Aimer (Under Training)
Service Number: R/183819
Age: 22
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #2 Air Navigation School; Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
A draughtsman by trade, residing on Rosedale Street in London, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 24 Aug 1942 in London.
Son of Margaret Emily (née Davis) Colley and son of the late William Colley [both parents born in Wales]; husband of Janet (née Hossock) Colley of London, Ontario, Canada.
Leading Aircraftman Ronald Colley is commemorated on Page 276 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Inscription
(Epitaph...)
REST IN PEACE, BELOVED.
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Records on Ancestry
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1931 Census of Canada
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UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947
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UK, World War II Index to Allied Airmen Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
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Canada, World War II Records and Service Files of War Dead, 1939-1947
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Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948
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