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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
KAERSVANG, Preben Ejgil, SLt, O-37686, RCN, died - 02 Feb 1968, 32 UTILITY SQUADRON - Son of Borge Villy and Olga (nee Jakobsen) Kaersvang of Ingersoll, ON. Brother of Gunner, Ole, Ruth, Inger, Hanne Kaersvang. He enlisted in the RCN 10 Sep 1961 in Centralia, ON.
On Friday, February 2, 1968 Preben was part of a Tracker crew with SLt William Boles, Lt Murray George McRadu, SLt Derek Carriere (who got off in Montreal) and AB Schofield. The aircraft was on an instrument approach to CFB Downsview (Malton) when it lost air speed and crashed into a backyard in Malton.
Ships served in: CFB SHEARWATER - 32 UTILITY SQUADRON
The Ottawa Journal, 03 Feb 1968
Photos of the Tracke crash site source: www.airic.ca © Richard Dumigan Photography
In Service of Canada - RCN Peacetime Casualty Index
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