ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203636
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| Date: | Sunday 16 January 1944 |
| Time: | 18:00 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft Expeditor I (C-45) |
| Owner/operator: | 32 OTU RCAF |
| Registration: | HB100 |
| MSN: | 5768 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | near Vancouver British Columbia -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RCAF Lethbridge, Alberta |
| RCAF Patricia Bay, BC |
Missing. Aircraft was on a ferry flight with four personnel from 32 OTU.
Crew:
Pilot: J/8302 F/L Harry Woodward Donkersley RCAF
Navigator: J/2826 S/L James Gerard Flaherty RCAF
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: J/36500 F/O Ernest Sowerby RCAF
Pilot (passenger): 78022 S/L Terence Alexander Pringle, RAFVR
Sources:
https://www.bombercommandmuseumarchives.ca/canadaairwar/canadaairwar1944.pdf
RCAF Historical microfilms from DND Archives Canada
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2622595
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2622628
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2623072
https://www.rcafassociation.ca/heritage/search-awards/?search=donkersley&searchfield=lastname&type=all
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=hb100&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://bcam.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Pringle-TA.pdf
https://www.dungannonwardead.com/persondepth.asp?cas_id=1242
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Dec-2017 15:25 | TB | Added |
| 31-Dec-2017 15:36 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 31-Dec-2017 17:32 | TB | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 09-Jan-2018 21:32 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 20-Feb-2022 16:02 | tachel | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2022 16:02 | tachel | Updated [Date] |
| 20-Feb-2022 16:03 | tachel | Updated [Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2022 18:14 | tachel | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2022 18:39 | tachel | Updated [Narrative] |
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