ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205232
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| Date: | Saturday 24 May 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82C Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) |
| Registration: | 4104 |
| MSN: | DHC.434 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 15 miles south west of Kenyon Field, Lethbridge, Alberta -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RCAF Kenyon Field, Lethbridge, Alberta (YQL/CYQL) |
Tiger Moth MSN DHC.434 (Gipsy Major #86924). Delivered 3.8.40 and taken on charge by RCAF as 4104 16.8.40. To 5 EFTS, RCAF High River.
Written off (destroyed) when crashed 15 miles south west of Kenyon Field, Lethbridge, Alberta, 24.5.41; 2 crew killed. Struck off charge 4.8.41
Crew of Tiger Moth RCAF 4104:
Sergeant Bonn Cory SMITH, RCAF (Pilot, Service Number R/78207, aged 26): killed in service 24.5.41. Buried at Calgary (Burnsland) Cemetery Ref: Block D. Row 3. Grave 28. (Family Plot).
Leading Aircraftman Roger Leslie WILLIAMSON, RCAF (Pupil pilot u/t Service Number R/86506, aged 21): killed in service 24.5.41. Buried at Edmonton Cemetery, Alberta
Sources:
1. Ottawa Citizen 24 May 1941, p25 (placed on 26 May 1941)
2. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_4100_4149_detailed.html
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?24378-1941-Unaccounted-Airmen-Database-Reconciliation/page2&highlight=SMITH&p=141977#post141977
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2849824/BONN%20CORY%20SMITH/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2850037/ROGER%20LESLIE%20WILLIAMSON/
6. https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2849824
7. https://www.rcafassociation.ca/heritage/history/fallen-aviators/rcaf-casualties-second-world-war/smith-to-stevenson/
8. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14180013/bonn-cory-smith
9. https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2850037
10. https://www.ancientfaces.com/person/roger-leslie-williamson-birth-1920-death-1941/165145782
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jan-2018 17:45 | TB | Added |
| 29-Jul-2021 20:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 29-Jul-2021 20:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn] |
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