Four airmen lost their lives when 1 CNS's Anson (#6069) aircraft hit the ground near Newdale, Manitoba, Canada. The aircrew of the Anson were on a navigation exercise when the accident happened.
The Canadian airmen who perished in this crash were:-
Sergeant John Thomas CARTER,
Sergeant Joseph Charles Wilfrid GAUTHIER DIT LAROUCHE,
Sergeant Adam John MAZUR and
Pilot Officer Arthur Weatherley WILLOUGHBY.
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Observer
Service Number: R/103408
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #1 Central Navigation School; RCAF Rivers, Manitoba
A student, residing on Barton Street East in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 12 June 1941 in Hamilton.
Son of Amelia (née Wawuck) Mazur of Hamilton and son of the late Thomas Mazur [both parents born in Poland].
Sergeant Adam John Mazur is commemorated on Page 95 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
A special cairn displaying a plaque, which commemorates the four airmen who died on service, was erected in Cardale, not far from the location where the Anson crashed.
The Canadian airmen who perished in this crash were:-
Sergeant John Thomas CARTER,
Sergeant Joseph Charles Wilfrid GAUTHIER DIT LAROUCHE,
Sergeant Adam John MAZUR and
Pilot Officer Arthur Weatherley WILLOUGHBY.
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Observer
Service Number: R/103408
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #1 Central Navigation School; RCAF Rivers, Manitoba
A student, residing on Barton Street East in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 12 June 1941 in Hamilton.
Son of Amelia (née Wawuck) Mazur of Hamilton and son of the late Thomas Mazur [both parents born in Poland].
Sergeant Adam John Mazur is commemorated on Page 95 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
A special cairn displaying a plaque, which commemorates the four airmen who died on service, was erected in Cardale, not far from the location where the Anson crashed.
Four airmen lost their lives when 1 CNS's Anson (#6069) aircraft hit the ground near Newdale, Manitoba, Canada. The aircrew of the Anson were on a navigation exercise when the accident happened.
The Canadian airmen who perished in this crash were:-
Sergeant John Thomas CARTER,
Sergeant Joseph Charles Wilfrid GAUTHIER DIT LAROUCHE,
Sergeant Adam John MAZUR and
Pilot Officer Arthur Weatherley WILLOUGHBY.
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Observer
Service Number: R/103408
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #1 Central Navigation School; RCAF Rivers, Manitoba
A student, residing on Barton Street East in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 12 June 1941 in Hamilton.
Son of Amelia (née Wawuck) Mazur of Hamilton and son of the late Thomas Mazur [both parents born in Poland].
Sergeant Adam John Mazur is commemorated on Page 95 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
A special cairn displaying a plaque, which commemorates the four airmen who died on service, was erected in Cardale, not far from the location where the Anson crashed.
The Canadian airmen who perished in this crash were:-
Sergeant John Thomas CARTER,
Sergeant Joseph Charles Wilfrid GAUTHIER DIT LAROUCHE,
Sergeant Adam John MAZUR and
Pilot Officer Arthur Weatherley WILLOUGHBY.
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Observer
Service Number: R/103408
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #1 Central Navigation School; RCAF Rivers, Manitoba
A student, residing on Barton Street East in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 12 June 1941 in Hamilton.
Son of Amelia (née Wawuck) Mazur of Hamilton and son of the late Thomas Mazur [both parents born in Poland].
Sergeant Adam John Mazur is commemorated on Page 95 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
A special cairn displaying a plaque, which commemorates the four airmen who died on service, was erected in Cardale, not far from the location where the Anson crashed.
Inscription
R.103408 SERGEANT
ADAM J. MAZUR
R.C.A.F.
9TH JUNE 1942
Epitaph…
REST IN PEACE
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