Old news now but very intereresting...and 12 years to the day since this report! Aircraft Wreckage Found In Burmese Jungle - Veterans Affairs Canada Pics of crew here - The Crew Members of the KN563 - Veterans Affairs Canada
RCAF Dakota KN 563 went down when the plane was caught in a monsoon cloud with its tremendous wind shear forces; forces that could carry a loaded Dakota straight up at a speed of 6000 feet per minute, and a second later forced it down at the same speed. ... The crash site was a ravine with a steep slope, and the plane had broken up into hundreds of pieces scattered over an area of about 30 square metres. … The team recovered much wreckage, none of it more than a half metres across, some human remains for burial and the plane's propeller, identification number and roundel from the fuselage, … Because of the efforts of the recovery team, a group of Canadians gathered on March 5 1997 in Taukkyan War Cemetery, 35 kilometres out of Ragoon to put these six young heroes to rest. This group was led by Lawrence McAulay, Secretary of State for Veterans Affairs, …members of the six young men's families, veterans who had served in Burma with the young men … The service was very moving … it was conducted in full military honour. … From the veterans marching in procession to the grave side, to the careful placing of Canadian soil on the casket, to the bugler sounding the haunting notes of the "Last Post" to the piper playing the "Flowers of the Forest," from the moment … posthumous medals and a neatly folded flag were handed to representatives of each family …
RIP Crew of the KN 563 ...... ROGERS, Warrant Officer Class II (Pilot), WILLIAM BENNET, R/176991. 435 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 21st June 1945. Age 22. Son of William and Nellie C. Rogers, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. 14. F. 15. KYLE, Flying Officer (Pilot), WILLIAM JOSEPH, J/37860. 435 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 21st June 1945. Age 22. Son of Joseph S. and Edith M. Kyle, of Perth, Ontario, Canada. 14. F. 16. CAMERON, Flying Officer (Nav.), DAVID McLEAN, J/40920. 435 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 21st June 1945. Age 21. Son of Dr. D. R. Cameron, and of Edna S. Cameron, of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. 14. F. 17. McLAREN, Flight Sergeant (W. Op./Air Gnr.), CHARLES PETER, R/256044. 435 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 21st June 1945. Age 20. Son of William and Mary McLaren, of Campbellville, Ontario, Canada. 14. F. 18. COX, Warrant Officer Class I (W. Op./Air Gnr.), STANLEY JAMES, R/119595. 435 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 21st June 1945. Age 22. Son of Stanley Arthur and Mary Cox; husband of Mabel Elizabeth Cox, of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. 14. F. 19. KOPP, Leading Aircraftman, CORNELIUS JOHN, R/178240. 435 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 21st June 1945. Age 26. Son of John Cornelius and Elizabeth Kopp, of Virgil, Ontario, Canada. 14. F. 20. Roll 1939-1945
