Biographical Data
Asbridge, William Bell If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Title	Lieutenant (P) (RCNVR)
Official Number	O-03067

 

Birth	03/08/1924	Death	18/07/1945
Place	Wigton	Place	Tokyo
Area		Area
Country	UK	Country	Japan

 

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Biography

 

Military Service

He was appointed as a Probationary Sub-Lieutenant RCNVR (With seniority dated 23/01/1944). He served in H.M.S. St. Vincent for Pilot Training. He served in USNAS Grosse Ile for Training. He served in USNAS Pensacola for Training. He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (P) (Temp.) RCNVR (With seniority dated 23/07/1944). He served in H.M.S. Formidable for 1842 RN Squadron 1944. He was appointed as an A/Lieutenant (P) (Temp.) RCNVR 1945. (He was shot down and killed in action in Japan .)

 

Vessels Owned
Aircraft Flown	Service Aircraft Flown: Corsair
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Anecdotes
On 18/07/1945 he was killed when his Corsair was shot down near Mobara Airfield, Tokyo Japan when his aircraft was hit and caught fire, crashed and exploded. He was the first Canadian pilot to die in combat over the Japanese home islands.

 

References
MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997); Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/RollofHonour/MemorialRoll/RCNVR.htm;
Last update
2015-06-07 00:00:00

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