Supermarine Stranraer (#927) aircraft (a 'flying boat') and its crew of eight airmen were on an operational patrol when a water landing was attempted. Unfavourable 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 Richard WOOD and
Sergeant Gordon Herbert ANDREWS.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Service Number: R/86323
Age: 35
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Son of James Thompson and Maggie G. Gunn of Goresbridge, Midlothian, Scotland.
Sergeant John Cunningham GUNN is commemorated on Page 31 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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 Richard WOOD and
Sergeant Gordon Herbert ANDREWS.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Service Number: R/86323
Age: 35
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Son of James Thompson and Maggie G. Gunn of Goresbridge, Midlothian, Scotland.
Sergeant John Cunningham GUNN is commemorated on Page 31 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. Unfavourable 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 Richard WOOD and
Sergeant Gordon Herbert ANDREWS.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Service Number: R/86323
Age: 35
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Son of James Thompson and Maggie G. Gunn of Goresbridge, Midlothian, Scotland.
Sergeant John Cunningham GUNN is commemorated on Page 31 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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 Richard WOOD and
Sergeant Gordon Herbert ANDREWS.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Service Number: R/86323
Age: 35
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Son of James Thompson and Maggie G. Gunn of Goresbridge, Midlothian, Scotland.
Sergeant John Cunningham GUNN is commemorated on Page 31 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Records on Ancestry
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Geneanet Community Trees Index
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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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New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957
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Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948
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