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RCAF Station Yarmouth
East Camp, Fleet Air Arm Royal Navy
October 20, 1944
On the evening of October 20, 1944, two Anson
aircraft (#11233 and #7146) on a training flight were
returning to RCAF Station Yarmouth when they
collided in mid-air. The two pilots and four
Telegraphist Air Gunners were killed.
(Crash site below the wheels of the Swordfish)
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Training Flight Crash
October 20, 1944
Name:
Henry Taylor
Service No:
FX/614771
Rank:
Leading Airman
Service:
Royal Navy (HMS Seaborn)
Date of Death:
October 20, 1944
Age at Death:
18
Cemetery:
Yarmouth Mountain Cemetery (Lot 1. Sec. A.K. Grave 9)
Son of Mrs. E. Taylor, of Drumoak, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Name:
Raymond Edgar Stanier
Service No:
FX/605203
Rank:
Leading Airman
Service:
Royal Navy (HMS Seaborn)
Date of Death:
October 20, 1944
Age at Death:
18
Cemetery:
Yarmouth Mountain Cemetery (Lot 1. Sec. A.K. Grave 12)
Son of Bert B. Stanier and Minnie Stanier, of Walsall, Staffordshire, England.
Name:
John Arnold Bennett
Service No:
FX/606923
Rank:
Leading Airman
Service:
Royal Navy (HMS Seaborn)
Date of Death:
October 20, 1944
Age at Death:
18
Cemetery:
Yarmouth Mountain Cemetery (Lot 1. Sec. A.K. Grave 10)
Son of Alfred Arnold and Gertrude Matilda Bennett, of Surbiton, Surrey, England.
Name:
Albert David Brookes
Service No:
FX/605894
Rank:
Leading Airman
Service:
Royal Navy (HMS Seaborn)
Date of Death:
October 20, 1944
Age at Death:
18
Cemetery:
Yarmouth Mountain Cemetery (Lot 1. Sec. A.K. Grave 11)
Son of Mrs. F. Brookes, of Brampton, Yorkshire, England.
Crew:
Telegraphists Air Gunners
Pilots:
Name:
John Norman Richardson
Service No:
J/38151
Rank:
Flying Officer
Service:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Date of Birth:
November 22, 1916
Place of Birth:
Chatham, Ontario
Date of Enlistment:
Date of Death:
October 20, 1944
Age at Death:
27
Cemetery:
Tilbury Maple Leaf Cemetery
Lot 24
Commemorated on Page 427 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on September 10
Son of Edgar Bruce Richardson (d.1919) and Olga Mary Richardson, of Tilbury and husband of Nenagh
Gweneth Mary Richardson, of North Vancouver, British Columbia.
Name:
Gunnar Freese
Service No:
J/10396
Rank:
Flying Officer
Service:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Date of Birth:
June 14, 1908
Place of Birth:
Lucerne, Switzerland
Date of Enlistment:
April 13, 1940
Date of Death:
October 20, 1944
Age at Death:
36
Cemetery:
Montreal Mount Royal Cemetery
Sec. G.943. Grave 432
Commemorated on Page 309 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on July 1
Son of Conrad and Eva Freese, of Helsingfors, Finland and husband of Sylvia (Heinonen) Freese, of
Montreal.
