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Section Officer Irene Watson

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Section Officer Irene Watson

Birth
Wallsend, Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England
Death
8 Nov 1943 (aged 26)
Botwood, Central Census Division, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Memorial Site*
Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada

* A structure erected in honor of someone whose remains lie elsewhere.

Plot
Panel 3. Column 1.
Memorial ID
18428462 View Source
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S/O Irene Watson , V30285 - administration from New Toronto Killed Nov 8/ 43 aged 24. # 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. S/O Irene Watson aged 24 has no known grave, her 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
Section Officer Irene Watson
November 8, 1943
Service Number: V/30285
Force: Air Force

Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force (Women's Division)
Division: 116 Sqdn.

Commemorated on Page 225 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.

S/O Irene Watson , V30285 - administration from New Toronto Killed Nov 8/ 43 aged 24. # 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. S/O Irene Watson aged 24 has no known grave, her 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
Section Officer Irene Watson
November 8, 1943
Service Number: V/30285
Force: Air Force

Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force (Women's Division)
Division: 116 Sqdn.

Commemorated on Page 225 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.

Inscription

Royal Canadian Air Force (Women's Division)

Gravesite Details

V/30285

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