415 Squadron's Handley Page Hampden I (#AT245) aircraft with an aircrew of four which had taken off from RAF North Coates was shot down in the sea off the Frisian Island; all four members of the crew perished in the attack.
The four airmen who were lost were-
RCAF Flight Sergeant Boyd Allison DAKIN,
RCAF Warrant Officer Class II Irving Walter GARFIN,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Douglas PEARCE and
RCAF Flight Sergeant Vincent Bertram WHELPLEY.
Military Service-
Rank: Warrant Officer Class II
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: R/61116
Age: 27
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: RCAF 415 ('Swordfish') Squadron; RAF North Coates, Lincolnshire
(Motto: Ad metam [' To the mark'])
A university graduate with a B. S. degree, he was the son of Henry and Celia (née Rosenspire) Garfin of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada [both parents born in Poland].
Warrant Officer Class II Irving Walter Garfin is commemorated on Page 75 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
The four airmen who were lost were-
RCAF Flight Sergeant Boyd Allison DAKIN,
RCAF Warrant Officer Class II Irving Walter GARFIN,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Douglas PEARCE and
RCAF Flight Sergeant Vincent Bertram WHELPLEY.
Military Service-
Rank: Warrant Officer Class II
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: R/61116
Age: 27
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: RCAF 415 ('Swordfish') Squadron; RAF North Coates, Lincolnshire
(Motto: Ad metam [' To the mark'])
A university graduate with a B. S. degree, he was the son of Henry and Celia (née Rosenspire) Garfin of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada [both parents born in Poland].
Warrant Officer Class II Irving Walter Garfin is commemorated on Page 75 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
415 Squadron's Handley Page Hampden I (#AT245) aircraft with an aircrew of four which had taken off from RAF North Coates was shot down in the sea off the Frisian Island; all four members of the crew perished in the attack.
The four airmen who were lost were-
RCAF Flight Sergeant Boyd Allison DAKIN,
RCAF Warrant Officer Class II Irving Walter GARFIN,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Douglas PEARCE and
RCAF Flight Sergeant Vincent Bertram WHELPLEY.
Military Service-
Rank: Warrant Officer Class II
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: R/61116
Age: 27
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: RCAF 415 ('Swordfish') Squadron; RAF North Coates, Lincolnshire
(Motto: Ad metam [' To the mark'])
A university graduate with a B. S. degree, he was the son of Henry and Celia (née Rosenspire) Garfin of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada [both parents born in Poland].
Warrant Officer Class II Irving Walter Garfin is commemorated on Page 75 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
The four airmen who were lost were-
RCAF Flight Sergeant Boyd Allison DAKIN,
RCAF Warrant Officer Class II Irving Walter GARFIN,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Douglas PEARCE and
RCAF Flight Sergeant Vincent Bertram WHELPLEY.
Military Service-
Rank: Warrant Officer Class II
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: R/61116
Age: 27
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: RCAF 415 ('Swordfish') Squadron; RAF North Coates, Lincolnshire
(Motto: Ad metam [' To the mark'])
A university graduate with a B. S. degree, he was the son of Henry and Celia (née Rosenspire) Garfin of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada [both parents born in Poland].
Warrant Officer Class II Irving Walter Garfin is commemorated on Page 75 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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