Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Service No: R/144299
Date of Death: 26/10/1942
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Son of Harry Danielson and Rachel Frances Danielson of Toronto.
Date of Birth: 22 Aug 1920
Killed in a plane crash at Dorval, near Montreal, Quebec, with his friend, LAC Douglas Arthur Abbott.
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
Service No: R/144299
Date of Death: 26/10/1942
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Son of Harry Danielson and Rachel Frances Danielson of Toronto.
Date of Birth: 22 Aug 1920
Killed in a plane crash at Dorval, near Montreal, Quebec, with his friend, LAC Douglas Arthur Abbott.
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
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Service No: R/144299
Date of Death: 26/10/1942
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Son of Harry Danielson and Rachel Frances Danielson of Toronto.
Date of Birth: 22 Aug 1920
Killed in a plane crash at Dorval, near Montreal, Quebec, with his friend, LAC Douglas Arthur Abbott.
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
Service No: R/144299
Date of Death: 26/10/1942
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Son of Harry Danielson and Rachel Frances Danielson of Toronto.
Date of Birth: 22 Aug 1920
Killed in a plane crash at Dorval, near Montreal, Quebec, with his friend, LAC Douglas Arthur Abbott.
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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