Sergeant Vernon Rupert Ducklow
January 19, 1946
Service Number:R/122084
Age:23
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Son of Arthur Richard and Maude Alice Ducklow, of New Westminster; husband of Alma Margaret Ducklow, of New Westminster.
On January 19, 1946,a Royal Canadian Air Force DC-3 (Dakota) left Comox, British Columbia to Greenwood, Nova Scotia. It and its crew of seven were reported missing. It took five days for the Crowsnest Pass Forest Rangers to snowshoe to the crash site because of bad weather. They were guided by the smoke of the burning plane. There were no survivors, the rescue team brought the bodies out on toboggans. The men who lost their lives were:L A C Daniel Levy, F O William James Sealey, F O Robert Huycke Watt, F O James Leonard Norris, Flight Lieutenant William Joseph Wood, Sgt.Vernon Rupert Ducklow, LAC Richard Brockwell Lowe.
No 6 Operational Training Unit Greenwood, Nova Scotia and formerly of Comox B C
Service Number: R122084
Alberta Vital Statistics index
Name: Vernon Rupert Ducklow
Gender: Male
Death Date: 19 Jan 1946
Death Place: Coleman, Alberta, Canada
Registration Number: 003-309
additional information provided by J. Clements ~ BC, Canada 50288123
Sergeant Vernon Rupert Ducklow
January 19, 1946
Service Number:R/122084
Age:23
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Son of Arthur Richard and Maude Alice Ducklow, of New Westminster; husband of Alma Margaret Ducklow, of New Westminster.
On January 19, 1946,a Royal Canadian Air Force DC-3 (Dakota) left Comox, British Columbia to Greenwood, Nova Scotia. It and its crew of seven were reported missing. It took five days for the Crowsnest Pass Forest Rangers to snowshoe to the crash site because of bad weather. They were guided by the smoke of the burning plane. There were no survivors, the rescue team brought the bodies out on toboggans. The men who lost their lives were:L A C Daniel Levy, F O William James Sealey, F O Robert Huycke Watt, F O James Leonard Norris, Flight Lieutenant William Joseph Wood, Sgt.Vernon Rupert Ducklow, LAC Richard Brockwell Lowe.
No 6 Operational Training Unit Greenwood, Nova Scotia and formerly of Comox B C
Service Number: R122084
Alberta Vital Statistics index
Name: Vernon Rupert Ducklow
Gender: Male
Death Date: 19 Jan 1946
Death Place: Coleman, Alberta, Canada
Registration Number: 003-309
additional information provided by J. Clements ~ BC, Canada 50288123
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