Name: ABBOTT, DOUGLAS ARTHUR
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Age: 21
Date of Death: 26/10/1942
Service No: R/114434
Son of John Arthur and Olive Susan (Turner) Abbott of Toronto. Husband of Shirley Louise (Brock) Abbott of Toronto.
Date of Birth: 20 Dec 1919
World War II
Killed in a plane crash at Dorval, near Montreal, Quebec with his friend, LAC Wesley Bruce Danielson.
Douglas Abbott was married 9 months before his death.
The Toronto Star - Oct 28, 1942
TWO TORONTO FLIERS KILLED IN PLANE CRASH FATAL TO 16
-Douglas Abbott and Wesley Danielson Die in Montreal Accident-
Two Toronto airmen were killed, along with two crew-members, four civilians and eight R.C.A.F. personnel who were travelling as passengers aboard the giant R.A.F. ferry command plane which crashed into an open field shortly after taking off from Montreal Monday afternoon.
....At the time of the crash the men were on their way to Labrador, where they had been posted as radio operators.
Names of the other R.C.A.F. men who were killed in the crash:
CHRISTOPHERSON, Clifford Thoralf, Corporal
MALONE, Bernard Edward, Leading Aircraftman
PEEBLES, Vincent Ford, Leading Aircraftman
KASEY, Michael James, Corporal
TENNANT, Phillip John, Leading Aircraftman
SPARKES, Leslie V., Leading Aircraftman
CAMPBELL, Keith D., Leading Aircraftman
CARR, John Franklin, Leading Aircraftman
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Age: 21
Date of Death: 26/10/1942
Service No: R/114434
Son of John Arthur and Olive Susan (Turner) Abbott of Toronto. Husband of Shirley Louise (Brock) Abbott of Toronto.
Date of Birth: 20 Dec 1919
World War II
Killed in a plane crash at Dorval, near Montreal, Quebec with his friend, LAC Wesley Bruce Danielson.
Douglas Abbott was married 9 months before his death.
The Toronto Star - Oct 28, 1942
TWO TORONTO FLIERS KILLED IN PLANE CRASH FATAL TO 16
-Douglas Abbott and Wesley Danielson Die in Montreal Accident-
Two Toronto airmen were killed, along with two crew-members, four civilians and eight R.C.A.F. personnel who were travelling as passengers aboard the giant R.A.F. ferry command plane which crashed into an open field shortly after taking off from Montreal Monday afternoon.
....At the time of the crash the men were on their way to Labrador, where they had been posted as radio operators.
Names of the other R.C.A.F. men who were killed in the crash:
CHRISTOPHERSON, Clifford Thoralf, Corporal
MALONE, Bernard Edward, Leading Aircraftman
PEEBLES, Vincent Ford, Leading Aircraftman
KASEY, Michael James, Corporal
TENNANT, Phillip John, Leading Aircraftman
SPARKES, Leslie V., Leading Aircraftman
CAMPBELL, Keith D., Leading Aircraftman
CARR, John Franklin, Leading Aircraftman
Name: ABBOTT, DOUGLAS ARTHUR
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Age: 21
Date of Death: 26/10/1942
Service No: R/114434
Son of John Arthur and Olive Susan (Turner) Abbott of Toronto. Husband of Shirley Louise (Brock) Abbott of Toronto.
Date of Birth: 20 Dec 1919
World War II
Killed in a plane crash at Dorval, near Montreal, Quebec with his friend, LAC Wesley Bruce Danielson.
Douglas Abbott was married 9 months before his death.
The Toronto Star - Oct 28, 1942
TWO TORONTO FLIERS KILLED IN PLANE CRASH FATAL TO 16
-Douglas Abbott and Wesley Danielson Die in Montreal Accident-
Two Toronto airmen were killed, along with two crew-members, four civilians and eight R.C.A.F. personnel who were travelling as passengers aboard the giant R.A.F. ferry command plane which crashed into an open field shortly after taking off from Montreal Monday afternoon.
....At the time of the crash the men were on their way to Labrador, where they had been posted as radio operators.
Names of the other R.C.A.F. men who were killed in the crash:
CHRISTOPHERSON, Clifford Thoralf, Corporal
MALONE, Bernard Edward, Leading Aircraftman
PEEBLES, Vincent Ford, Leading Aircraftman
KASEY, Michael James, Corporal
TENNANT, Phillip John, Leading Aircraftman
SPARKES, Leslie V., Leading Aircraftman
CAMPBELL, Keith D., Leading Aircraftman
CARR, John Franklin, Leading Aircraftman
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Age: 21
Date of Death: 26/10/1942
Service No: R/114434
Son of John Arthur and Olive Susan (Turner) Abbott of Toronto. Husband of Shirley Louise (Brock) Abbott of Toronto.
Date of Birth: 20 Dec 1919
World War II
Killed in a plane crash at Dorval, near Montreal, Quebec with his friend, LAC Wesley Bruce Danielson.
Douglas Abbott was married 9 months before his death.
The Toronto Star - Oct 28, 1942
TWO TORONTO FLIERS KILLED IN PLANE CRASH FATAL TO 16
-Douglas Abbott and Wesley Danielson Die in Montreal Accident-
Two Toronto airmen were killed, along with two crew-members, four civilians and eight R.C.A.F. personnel who were travelling as passengers aboard the giant R.A.F. ferry command plane which crashed into an open field shortly after taking off from Montreal Monday afternoon.
....At the time of the crash the men were on their way to Labrador, where they had been posted as radio operators.
Names of the other R.C.A.F. men who were killed in the crash:
CHRISTOPHERSON, Clifford Thoralf, Corporal
MALONE, Bernard Edward, Leading Aircraftman
PEEBLES, Vincent Ford, Leading Aircraftman
KASEY, Michael James, Corporal
TENNANT, Phillip John, Leading Aircraftman
SPARKES, Leslie V., Leading Aircraftman
CAMPBELL, Keith D., Leading Aircraftman
CARR, John Franklin, Leading Aircraftman
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