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RCAF Station Yarmouth
113 Squadron RCAF
June 1, 1942
On June 1, 1942 BW Hudson 631 Mark III aircraft of 113 Bomber Reconnaissance
Squadron out of RCAF Station Yarmouth (West Camp) went missing near the
mouth of the Bay of Fundy ( Yarmouth, Digby Gut, Grand Manan) while on anti-
submarine patrol. The four crew members were listed as missing, lost at sea.
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Operational Anti-Submarine Patrol
June 1, 1942
Name:
Trask O’Neil Johnson
Service No:
J/9235
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Service:
113 Squadron RCAF
Date of Death:
June 1, 1942
Age at Death:
27
Memorial:
Ottawa Memorial, Ontario, Canada
Son of Eugene and Edna Johnson; husband of Ann B. Johnson,
of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
Crew
Name:
John Roderick McPherson
Service No:
R/101638
Rank:
Sergeant
Service:
113 Squadron RCAF
Date of Death:
June 1, 1942
Age at Death:
25
Memorial:
Ottawa Memorial, Ontario, Canada
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter McPherson, Winnipeg
Name:
Joffre Kitchener McDonald
Service No:
R/86943
Rank:
Sergeant
Service:
113 Squadron RCAF
Date of Death:
June 1, 1942
Age at Death:
26
Memorial:
Ottawa Memorial, Ontario, Canada
Son of Mrs. M. S. McDonald, Fleming, Saskatchewan
Name:
Charles Leonard Scholey
Service No:
R/94763
Rank:
Sergeant
Service:
113 Squadron RCAF
Date of Death:
June 1, 1942
Age at Death:
31
Memorial:
Ottawa Memorial, Ontario, Canada
Son of Charles Joseph and Edith Scholey, of Ryerson, Saskatchewan