Supermarine Stranraer (#927) aircraft (a 'flying boat') and its crew of eight airmen were on an operational patrol when a water landing was attempted. Unfavorable weather with high winds had produced ten-foot waves, so the aircraft crashed, sinking in the water at the entrance to Nanoose Bay in Vancouver, British Columbia, and taking the lives of all the aircrew.
The eight airmen who perished in this accident were-
Flight Lieutenant Donald Clark MacDOUGALL,
Aircraftman 1st Class Robert Albert BLAKELY,
Aircraftman 1st Class Robert William ADAMS,
Leading Aircraftman William Dennis RILEY,
Sergeant Russell Tremaine MITCHELL,
Sergeant John Cunningham GUNN,
Sergeant Gordon Herbert ANDREWS.
Military Service-
Rank: Aircraftman 1st Class
Service Number: R/76740
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Son of Robert and Harriet Mary Adams of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Aircraftman 1st Class Robert William Adams is commemorated on Page 22 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Supermarine Stranraer (#927) aircraft (a 'flying boat') and its crew of eight airmen were on an operational patrol when a water landing was attempted. Unfavorable weather with high winds had produced ten-foot waves, so the aircraft crashed, sinking in the water at the entrance to Nanoose Bay in Vancouver, British Columbia, and taking the lives of all the aircrew.
The eight airmen who perished in this accident were-
Flight Lieutenant Donald Clark MacDOUGALL,
Aircraftman 1st Class Robert Albert BLAKELY,
Aircraftman 1st Class Robert William ADAMS,
Leading Aircraftman William Dennis RILEY,
Sergeant Russell Tremaine MITCHELL,
Sergeant John Cunningham GUNN,
Sergeant Gordon Herbert ANDREWS.
Military Service-
Rank: Aircraftman 1st Class
Service Number: R/76740
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Son of Robert and Harriet Mary Adams of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Aircraftman 1st Class Robert William Adams is commemorated on Page 22 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Inscription
(Epitaph...)
DEARLY BELOVED. HE GAVE HIS LIFE
THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN PEACE.
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