Lancaster 940 Memorial

LANCASTER
KB 940

Crashed 24 November 1952

SURVIVORS: FLYING OFFICER RF (RUFF) JOHNSON - PILOT SPRINGHILL, NS
FLYING OFFICER MJ (MONTE) WRIGHT - CO-PILOT VANCOUVER, BC

DECEASED: FLYING OFFICER JOSEPH FREDERICK DOUCETTE - NAVIGATOR - ST. LOUIS, PEI
CORPORAL GEORGE STANLEY FLETCHER - FLIGHT ENGINEER - EDMONTON, ALBERTA
FLIGHT SERGEANT JOSEPH LEO LAURIER MAYNARD, MONTREAL, QUEBEC
CORPORAL FREEMAN ARCHIBALD MCKAY, DAUPHIN, MANITOBA
AIRCRAFTSMAN 2ND CLASS VERNON JOSEPH MCINTYRE, GLACE BAY, NS
AIRCRAFTSMAN 2ND CLASS WAYNE FREDERICK SMITH, LUNENBURG, NS
AIRCRAFTSMAN 2ND CLASS ROY HOWARD WALSH, LIBERTY, SASK.
CIVILIAN METEROROLOGIST MALCOM G MACLEOD, CHILLIWACK, BC

On November 24, 1952, Lancaster KB 940 from 407 Maritime
Reconnaissance Squadron returning to RCAF Station Comox from
a practice instrument training flight, at dusk in marginal weather
conditions. The aircraft crashed in a swampy area adjacent to the
airfield perimeter not far from this location. There were ten persons on
board, eight perished in the crash and ensuing fire. Two civilians;
Robert Waters and Albert DeCuyper, were awarded the George Medal
for their valiant rescue efforts.

REQIESCAT EN PACE FRATRES

(crests of 888 Wing, RCAF, 407 Squadron and 101 Squadron/écussons de la 888^e Escadre, ARC, 407^e Escadron et 101^e Escadron)

1 JUNE 2008