Pennfield Ridge Air Station

Civilian & Training Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Training Casualties

  Cemeteries

• Brookfield Cemetery - Brookfield, NS
• Elmwood Cemetery - Moncton, NB
• Fernhill Cemetery - Saint John, NB
• Grand Falls Roman Catholic Cemetery - Grand Falls, NB
• Maplewood Cemetery - Windsor, NS
• Mount Hermon Cemetery - Dartmouth, NS
• St. Bernard's Roman Catholic Cemetery - Moncton, NB
• St. George Rural Cemetery - St. George, NB
• St. John's The Evangelist Cemetery - Windsor, NS
• Yarmouth Mountain Cemetery - Yarmouth, NS

Memorials

• Central Memorial Park - Calgary, AB
• McAdam Memorial - McAdam, NB
• Ottawa Memorial - Ottawa, ON
• Pennfield Ridge Memorial - Pennfield Ridge, NB

Military Funerals

• BALDERSTON, F/S Edward Asthrope (26 June 1945)
• McQUARRIE, WO2 John "Parker" (26 June 1945)
• SENCIALL, AC1 Frank Leslie (11 June 1943)
• WILLIAMS, Sgt. Evan (26 November 1943)

Newspaper Stories

• 2002: Rescuers Deserve Recognition (Cormier/ Hicks/ Somier/ Thompson)
• ca2003: Graves located for N.Z. government (Cowie/ Griffiths)
• 2006: Pennfield's Icon Honours Airmen
• 2008: Cousin visits gravesite (Burnham/ Edmond/ Hogan)
• 2008: The last flight of an Australian bomber (Burnham/ Edmond/ Hogan)
• 2008: Seeking Information On Civilian Causalities From Pennfield Ridge Air Station
• 2009: Pennfield Ridge memorial project under way
• 2011: Living history: a wartime training crash draws visitor
• 2011: Brother says farewell to long-lost airmen

Newspaper Stories (Civilian Causalities)

• 1941 (Lloyd/ McCarthy/ McCullough): Death Toll Mounts To 3 In Charlotte County Fatality
• 1941 (Lloyd/ McCarthy/ McCullough): Inquest Into Three Deaths Opens Today At St. George
• 1941 (Lloyd/ McCarthy/ McCullough): One Man Killed, Two Injured Badly In Charlotte County Accident
• 1941 (Lloyd/ McCarthy/ McCullough): Probable Cause Of Triple Fatality Due To Flat Tire, Jury Finds At St. George
• 1941 (Lloyd/ McCarthy/ McCullough): Three Men Riding Home From Work At Pennfield Fatally Hurt When Truck Overturns
• 1941 (Waycott): Death Notice
• 1943 (Stewart): Death Notice
• 1944 (Mullen): Biography & Death Notice

Newspaper Stories (Training Accident and/or Mishaps)

• 1941 (Barneson/ Douglas/ Martin/ McKay/ Robertson): Four Pennfield Airmen Killed In Crashes Near Liverpool
• 1941 (Barneson/ Douglas/ Martin/ McKay/ Robertson):4 Fliers Killed While Seeking Missing Plane
• 1941 (McKay): Sergeant-Observer from Montreal Qualifies for Caterpillar Club
• 1941 (Eliott/ Smallman/ Street/ Woodhams): Four Pennfield Airmen Killed In Crashes Near Liverpool
• 1941 (Eliott/ Smallman/ Street/ Woodhams): 4 Fliers Killed While Seeking Missing Plane
• 1941 (Five Unknown Airmen): Forced Down At Coldbrook
• 1941 (Hutchinson/ Moher/ Ramsey/ Sturgeon/ Wright): Snow-Blinded, Lands Bomber On Fairway
• 1942 (Austin/ Yurkowski): No Trace Reported Of Missing Plane
• 1942 (Male/ Sargeant/ Sutherland): Several Are Killed In Crash of Bomber Near Caledonia, N.S.
• 1942 (Putt/Smith): No Details Given In Announcement By Air Officials
• 1942 (Putt/Smith): Two R.A.F. Members Killed In Crash Of Plane Near Pennfield
• 1943 (McCarthy/ Norriss/ Williams): Names of Two Plane Victims Announced
• 1943 (McCarthy/ Norriss/ Williams): Three Airmen Die In Crash of Plane Near Hill's Point
• 1943 (McCarthy/ Norris/ Williams): Three Members of R.C.A.F. Killed In Plane Crash Near St. Stephen
• 1943 (Burnham/ Edmond/ Hogan): Three R.A.F. Members Killed in Plane Crash Near Richibucto
• 1943: (Burnham/ Edmond. Hogan): Three Airmen Killed R.A.F. Plane Crash
• 1943 (Bates/ Harris/ Otto/ Williams): 3 Planes Crash In Maritimes, Another Missing; 4 Known Dead
• 1943 (Bates/ Harris/ Otto/ Williams): Bodies Of Four Airmen Found With Wreckage Of Plane Near Minto
• 1943 (Bates/ Harris/ Otto/ Williams): Identify Wreck As Plane Missing From R.A.F. Unit
• 1943: (Calvert/ Frankiess/ Self): 3 Fliers Killed In N.S.
• 1943 (Ellis/ Rogers): One Killed, One Hurt In Air Force Crash
• 1943 (Hansen/Jasmin): Two Airmen Killed In Crash At Pennfield
• 1943 (Hansen/Jasmin): Two Airmen Killed When Plane Crashed At Pennfield Ridge
• 1943 (Albrey/ Allen/ Laws/ Ledingham): Airmen's Body Taken From Damaged Raft After Plane Crashed
• 1943 (Albrey/ Allen/ Laws/ Ledingham): Fate Unknown

• 1943 (Albrey/ Allen/ Laws/ Ledingham): Identify Three Fliers Missing Since Tuesday

• 1943 (Anderson/ Barts/ Christensen/ Cull): Four Airmen Killed in Crash Of Bombing Plane At McAdam
• 1944 (Harricks/ Shapka) : Bomber Crashes On Road
• 1945 (Levesque): No Inquest Into Death Of Grand Falls Airmen
• 1945 (Bouch/ Bough/ Harju/ Davidson): Four Airmen Missing
• 1945 (Bouch/ Bough/ Harju/ Davidson): Search Continues For Missing Craft
• 1945 (Balderston/ Gravel/ MacNeil/ McQuarrie): Four Airmen Killed In Crash Of Bomber On Training Flight
• 1945 (Balderston/ Gravel/ MacNeil/ McQuarrie): One Maritimer In Plane Crash

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