Plt Off Adrian James Goldie, 7 Feb 1945

[Laurent Rizzotti]

Hello,

On 7 February 1945, Pilot Officer Adrian James Goldie RAF was the pilot of an Anson of 15 SFTS departing Claresholm airfield, Alberta, Canada, at 0900 hrs on a training flight. Shortly after take-off the Anson caught fire, control was lost and it crashed 3-1/2 miles east of the airport.

I would like to know the type and serial of the involved Anson.

A google search of the RCAF serials website shows no loss for this date, and no Anson of 15 STFS lost in this period in a crash.

Thanks in advance

Laurent

[Col Bruggy]

Hello,

7-2-1945
No.15 SFTS
Anson II FP845

Caught fire and crashed 2.5 m E of Claresholm, Alberta.

The Anson File/247

Col.

[Bill Walker]

Just a reminder to everyone, my RCAF serial web pages are probably about one third complete. I have much more info on paper, and will always try to help out any requests posted here or at RAF Commnads.

But this time Col beat me to it.

[Laurent Rizzotti]

Thanks Col for your quick answer

Bill, there was no critics in my declaration, I just wanted to say what I had allready done to search data, to ensure nobody will waste time doing the same search. Because when one thinks to a RCAF loss, your website is the first to check.

Best regards

Laurent

[Henk Welting]

TSGNO page 16: killed in same accident W/O¹ (Pilot) Vivian G. ARCHIBALD - RCAF R/62045.

Henk.

[Laurent Rizzotti]

Thanks Henk. My source only mentionned one casualty in this case, and as it listed several names for other accidents, I assumed Goldie was alone aboard.

Will amend my file.