23 OTU’s Vickers Wellington X1695 aircraft, with six aircrew on board, crashed near Halvergate in Norfolk, after it had broken up in the air. Five airmen lost their lives in the crash, another dying of his injuries on the following day.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RCAF Sergeant James Joseph SNYDER,
RCAF Sergeant Joseph Samuel CORNFIELD,
RCAF Flying Officer Dalton Ross Alexander MacDOUGALL,
RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Portor LOVE,
RAFVR Sergeant Brian Patrick ENRIGHT and
RAFVR Sergeant Thomas James WHALLEY.
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Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: R/122947
Age: 22
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #23 Operational Training Unit (OTU) [RAF Pershore, Worcestershire]
An aircraft Mechanic by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 28 August 1941 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Son of David and Helen Cornfield of Toronto, Ontario; brother of Molly.
Sergeant Joseph Samuel Cornfield is commemorated on Page 148 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
A photograph of Joseph Samuel Cornfield is placed near a Memorial Plaque at the Harbord Collegiate Institute in Toronto, "In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home."
Joseph Cornfield is remembered with honour on page 17 of the memorial book, "CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties", compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RCAF Sergeant James Joseph SNYDER,
RCAF Sergeant Joseph Samuel CORNFIELD,
RCAF Flying Officer Dalton Ross Alexander MacDOUGALL,
RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Portor LOVE,
RAFVR Sergeant Brian Patrick ENRIGHT and
RAFVR Sergeant Thomas James WHALLEY.
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Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: R/122947
Age: 22
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #23 Operational Training Unit (OTU) [RAF Pershore, Worcestershire]
An aircraft Mechanic by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 28 August 1941 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Son of David and Helen Cornfield of Toronto, Ontario; brother of Molly.
Sergeant Joseph Samuel Cornfield is commemorated on Page 148 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
A photograph of Joseph Samuel Cornfield is placed near a Memorial Plaque at the Harbord Collegiate Institute in Toronto, "In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home."
Joseph Cornfield is remembered with honour on page 17 of the memorial book, "CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties", compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948.
23 OTU’s Vickers Wellington X1695 aircraft, with six aircrew on board, crashed near Halvergate in Norfolk, after it had broken up in the air. Five airmen lost their lives in the crash, another dying of his injuries on the following day.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RCAF Sergeant James Joseph SNYDER,
RCAF Sergeant Joseph Samuel CORNFIELD,
RCAF Flying Officer Dalton Ross Alexander MacDOUGALL,
RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Portor LOVE,
RAFVR Sergeant Brian Patrick ENRIGHT and
RAFVR Sergeant Thomas James WHALLEY.
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Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: R/122947
Age: 22
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #23 Operational Training Unit (OTU) [RAF Pershore, Worcestershire]
An aircraft Mechanic by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 28 August 1941 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Son of David and Helen Cornfield of Toronto, Ontario; brother of Molly.
Sergeant Joseph Samuel Cornfield is commemorated on Page 148 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
A photograph of Joseph Samuel Cornfield is placed near a Memorial Plaque at the Harbord Collegiate Institute in Toronto, "In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home."
Joseph Cornfield is remembered with honour on page 17 of the memorial book, "CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties", compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RCAF Sergeant James Joseph SNYDER,
RCAF Sergeant Joseph Samuel CORNFIELD,
RCAF Flying Officer Dalton Ross Alexander MacDOUGALL,
RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Portor LOVE,
RAFVR Sergeant Brian Patrick ENRIGHT and
RAFVR Sergeant Thomas James WHALLEY.
----------
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: R/122947
Age: 22
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #23 Operational Training Unit (OTU) [RAF Pershore, Worcestershire]
An aircraft Mechanic by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 28 August 1941 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Son of David and Helen Cornfield of Toronto, Ontario; brother of Molly.
Sergeant Joseph Samuel Cornfield is commemorated on Page 148 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
A photograph of Joseph Samuel Cornfield is placed near a Memorial Plaque at the Harbord Collegiate Institute in Toronto, "In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home."
Joseph Cornfield is remembered with honour on page 17 of the memorial book, "CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties", compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948.
Inscription
Royal Canadian Air Force
Gravesite Details
NORWICH CEMETERY, Norfolk
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