November 9, 1941 – Paulson, Manitoba – More Update

This blog is all about remembering and sharing stories about the BCATP.

There is one more update to this tragedy that occurred at Paulson.

My father Sgt.Lloyd Brown was the pilot of this Fairey Battle We were out at Paulson Mb. in 1986 to see his old base and to talk a walk. When we were walking along the taxi way this was the first time he ever talked about this accident This incident really had a bad effect on my father as he felt it was his fault as he couldn’t see Mr. Heal After this my Father never mentioned this accident ever again I only wish I could of found this accident report before his passing for him to see it was not his fault.

There was another previous comment made about this post:

This is somewhat unsettling to me and very strange. My father, David L. « Bud » Quinn, who was a Flight Lieutenant at the time of the death of LAC Heal, may have witnessed this accident. He was the Armament Officer in Charge of Gunnery at No. 7 B&GS at Paulson from June 1941 until the end of July 1942.

He described to me once seeing one of his armourers turning without looking and walking into the rotating prop of an aircraft. He called out to him, but not in time. The description of the accident in the medical examiner’s official report above is consistent with how my father described it, namely « partial decapitation & decerebration ». He said that at the time it shook him to the core. Decades later he could still not get the memory out of his head.

May they all now rest in peace! Lest we forget.

Remembering LAC Kenneth Edgar Heal…

November 9, 1941 – Paulson, Manitoba – Update

A comment made about this post:

This is somewhat unsettling to me and very strange. My father, David L. « Bud » Quinn, who was a Flight Lieutenant at the time of the death of LAC Heal, may have witnessed this accident. He was the Armament Officer in Charge of Gunnery at No. 7 B&GS at Paulson from June 1941 until the end of July 1942.

He described to me once seeing one of his armourers turning without looking and walking into the rotating prop of an aircraft. He called out to him, but not in time. The description of the accident in the medical examiner’s official report above is consistent with how my father described it, namely « partial decapitation & decerebration ». He said that at the time it shook him to the core. Decades later he could still not get the memory out of his head.

May they all now rest in peace! Lest we forget.

Remembering LAC Kenneth Edgar Heal…

November 9, 1941 – Paulson, Manitoba

 

Remembering LAC Kenneth Edgar Heal…

 

 

 

 

 

No.7 Bombing and Gunnery School – Crests

From the collection of Lloyd William Brown, courtesy of his son Bill.

Bill told me that his father bought them while stationed at Paulson, Manitoba.

 

June 23, 1942 – No.7 B&G School, Paulson, Manitoba

A day in the life of Sergeant Eugène Gagnon and Lloyd William Brown…

Collection Jacques Gagnon
(nephew of Flight Lieutenant Eugène Gagnon DFC)

From a page in Lloyd William Brown’s logbook.

Courtesy Bill Brown

Remembering Lloyd William Brown (1913-2017)

Lloyd William Brown was a staff pilot in Paulson, Manitoba.

Remembering…

LLOYD WILLIAM BROWN February 28, 1913 – May 8, 2017 Lloyd Brown passed away peacefully at Riverview Health Centre. He is survived by his wife of 74 years, Alice; his sons, Richard (Judy) and Bill. Left to mourn his loss are his grandchildren, Sarah (Keith), Craig (Laura), Glen (Laura), Justin and Andrew, as well as his great-grandchildren, Colleen and Kyle McConnell and Cailan and Camille Brown. Lloyd was born on a large farm just outside of Winnipeg’s West perimeter. He had many happy memories of his time on the farm, helping his parents, Peter and Emma, playing with his four siblings and skating on Sturgeon Creek. One of the greatest highlights in Lloyd’s life was during the Second World War when he was a Flight Lieutenant, training hundreds of airmen. His postings included many areas of Canada and England.