32 OTU's Beechcraft Expeditor (#HB100) aircraft, with an aircrew of four, was on a ferry flight from RCAF Rockcliffe, Ontario to Patricia Bay, British Columbia, when it crashed at sea near Patricia Bay.
The four airmen who perished in this accident were-
RCAF Flight Lieutenant Harry Woodward DONKERSLEY,
RCAF Squadron Leader James Gerard FLAHERTY,
RAFVR Squadron Leader Terence Alexander PRINGLE and
RCAF Flying Officer Ernest SOWERBY.
Military Service-
Service Number: 78022
Rank: Squadron Leader
Age: 29
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 32 Operational Training Unit (OTU); Patricia Bay, British Columbia
A university graduate (B. Sc.), he was the son of George A. Pringle, M.D., and of Amy J. Pringle of Cranham, Upminster, Essex, England.
He is commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
32 OTU's Beechcraft Expeditor (#HB100) aircraft, with an aircrew of four, was on a ferry flight from RCAF Rockcliffe, Ontario to Patricia Bay, British Columbia, when it crashed at sea near Patricia Bay.
The four airmen who perished in this accident were-
RCAF Flight Lieutenant Harry Woodward DONKERSLEY,
RCAF Squadron Leader James Gerard FLAHERTY,
RAFVR Squadron Leader Terence Alexander PRINGLE and
RCAF Flying Officer Ernest SOWERBY.
Military Service-
Service Number: 78022
Rank: Squadron Leader
Age: 29
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 32 Operational Training Unit (OTU); Patricia Bay, British Columbia
A university graduate (B. Sc.), he was the son of George A. Pringle, M.D., and of Amy J. Pringle of Cranham, Upminster, Essex, England.
He is commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Inscription
1944
ROYAL AIR FORCE
SQUADRON LEADER
PRINGLE T. A.
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