Sgt (WAG) Eric John Mills R18418, From Timmins, Ontario, Killed Nov 8/43 age 21 # 116 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron, Botwood, Newfoundland. The Crew of Canso aircraft # 9834was on a transportation flight when the pilot attempted a night landing on glassy water in hazy conditions. The aircraft crashed and sank in the Bay south-east of Botwood, Newfoundland. Sgt (WAG) Eric John Mills has no known grave, his name is inscribed on the Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario.
F/L(P) Redmond, Joseph Coates , S/O Irene Watson , Sgt (WAG) Eric John Mills , Major Kenneth Storey Morton , W/O1 (WAG) Mandel Max Epstein , W/C (P) Ralph Royden Ings and P/O (OB) Robert Fleming Lowther all perished in this incident.

From Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Sergeant Eric John Mills
November 8, 1943
Service Number: R/184018
Age: 21
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 116 Sqdn.

Son of Lester Stirling Mills and Milly Mills.

Commemorated on Page 194 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance

Sgt (WAG) Eric John Mills R18418, From Timmins, Ontario, Killed Nov 8/43 age 21 # 116 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron, Botwood, Newfoundland. The Crew of Canso aircraft # 9834was on a transportation flight when the pilot attempted a night landing on glassy water in hazy conditions. The aircraft crashed and sank in the Bay south-east of Botwood, Newfoundland. Sgt (WAG) Eric John Mills has no known grave, his name is inscribed on the Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario.
F/L(P) Redmond, Joseph Coates , S/O Irene Watson , Sgt (WAG) Eric John Mills , Major Kenneth Storey Morton , W/O1 (WAG) Mandel Max Epstein , W/C (P) Ralph Royden Ings and P/O (OB) Robert Fleming Lowther all perished in this incident.

From Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Sergeant Eric John Mills
November 8, 1943
Service Number: R/184018
Age: 21
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 116 Sqdn.

Son of Lester Stirling Mills and Milly Mills.

Commemorated on Page 194 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance