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NINE Canadian UN Peacekeepers were killed when a Canadian UN Buffalo aircraft #461 was shot down over Syria on 09 AUG 1974.
This is the largest single loss of Canadians on UN duty to date in Canadian History.
A Buffalo aircraft is being restored in the UN markings of BUFFALO 461 by a Volunteer Restoration Committee at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton, Ontario.
It is planned to Dedicate the aircraft in the memory of the NINE on Canada's new national PEACEKEEPING DAY 09 AUG 09 in memory of the NINE.
To date, however, only SIX photos of the NINE killed have been acquired through next of kin or friends and formal archival searches have NOT revealed any further photos.
THREE of those killed thus do NOT have photographs and a national search is now underway to put a FACE on those THREE.
The THREE are...........
Corporal Morris Harry Trevor Kennington
DATE OF BIRTH: July 14, 1941 (Cornwall, England)
AGE: 33
FORCE: Army
UNIT: Logistics Branch
DIVISION: Canadian Contigent Admin Unit - United Nations Emergency Force II (UNEFME)
CITATION: Canadian Forces Decoration, Memorial Cross, United Nations Emergency Force DATE OF ENLISTMENT: November 2, 1959
OTHER: Son of William and Sylvia Kennington. Husband of Donna (nee Hartman). Father of David and Deborah. Brother of Anthony Kennington.
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Captain Keith Bradley Mirau
DATE OF BIRTH: October 19, 1944 (Swift Current, Saskatchewan)
AGE: 29
FORCE: Air Force
UNIT: Air Operations Branch
DIVISION: 424 Transport & Rescue Squadron, 116 Canadian Air Transport Unit
CITATION: Memorial Cross ERII, United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (Golan Heights) - UNDOF (Operation Danaca), Dag Hammerskjold Peace Medal.
DATE OF ENLISTMENT: February 19, 1963
OTHER: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Mirau of Gull Lake, Saskatchewan.
Husband of Gloria (née Berg) of Trenton, Ontairo. Father of Kelly and Douglas of Belleville, Ontario.
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Master Corporal Ronald Clifford Spencer
DATE OF BIRTH: April 6, 1941 (Montreal, Québec)
AGE: 33
FORCE: Air Force
UNIT: Royal Canadian Air Force
DIVISION: 424 Transport & Rescue Squadron, 116 Canadian Air Transport Unit
CITATION: Canadian Forces Decoration, Memorial Cross ERII, Dag Hammerskjöld Medal, Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal, United Nations Emergency Force Middle East - UNEFME.
DATE OF ENLISTMENT: September 14, 1961
OTHER: Son of Harold and Catherine Spencer of Montreal, Quebec. Husband of Gloria Carlo Spencer of Trenton, Ontario. Father of Peter and Ronda Spencer of Greenwood, Nova Scotia. Brother of Gail, Richard, Robert and Allen Spencer.
Anyone who has photos of these THREE should contact the Buffalo Restoration Committee at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
via their website at:
http://www.buffalo461.ca/buffalo461.htm
Please contact me if you have a photo or a lead where we can get one
gordjenkins@gmail.com
former 115 ATU person
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This is the largest single loss of Canadians on UN duty to date in Canadian History.
A Buffalo aircraft is being restored in the UN markings of BUFFALO 461 by a Volunteer Restoration Committee at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton, Ontario.
It is planned to Dedicate the aircraft in the memory of the NINE on Canada's new national PEACEKEEPING DAY 09 AUG 09 in memory of the NINE.
To date, however, only SIX photos of the NINE killed have been acquired through next of kin or friends and formal archival searches have NOT revealed any further photos.
THREE of those killed thus do NOT have photographs and a national search is now underway to put a FACE on those THREE.
The THREE are...........
Corporal Morris Harry Trevor Kennington
DATE OF BIRTH: July 14, 1941 (Cornwall, England)
AGE: 33
FORCE: Army
UNIT: Logistics Branch
DIVISION: Canadian Contigent Admin Unit - United Nations Emergency Force II (UNEFME)
CITATION: Canadian Forces Decoration, Memorial Cross, United Nations Emergency Force DATE OF ENLISTMENT: November 2, 1959
OTHER: Son of William and Sylvia Kennington. Husband of Donna (nee Hartman). Father of David and Deborah. Brother of Anthony Kennington.
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Captain Keith Bradley Mirau
DATE OF BIRTH: October 19, 1944 (Swift Current, Saskatchewan)
AGE: 29
FORCE: Air Force
UNIT: Air Operations Branch
DIVISION: 424 Transport & Rescue Squadron, 116 Canadian Air Transport Unit
CITATION: Memorial Cross ERII, United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (Golan Heights) - UNDOF (Operation Danaca), Dag Hammerskjold Peace Medal.
DATE OF ENLISTMENT: February 19, 1963
OTHER: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Mirau of Gull Lake, Saskatchewan.
Husband of Gloria (née Berg) of Trenton, Ontairo. Father of Kelly and Douglas of Belleville, Ontario.
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Master Corporal Ronald Clifford Spencer
DATE OF BIRTH: April 6, 1941 (Montreal, Québec)
AGE: 33
FORCE: Air Force
UNIT: Royal Canadian Air Force
DIVISION: 424 Transport & Rescue Squadron, 116 Canadian Air Transport Unit
CITATION: Canadian Forces Decoration, Memorial Cross ERII, Dag Hammerskjöld Medal, Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal, United Nations Emergency Force Middle East - UNEFME.
DATE OF ENLISTMENT: September 14, 1961
OTHER: Son of Harold and Catherine Spencer of Montreal, Quebec. Husband of Gloria Carlo Spencer of Trenton, Ontario. Father of Peter and Ronda Spencer of Greenwood, Nova Scotia. Brother of Gail, Richard, Robert and Allen Spencer.
Anyone who has photos of these THREE should contact the Buffalo Restoration Committee at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
via their website at:
http://www.buffalo461.ca/buffalo461.htm
Please contact me if you have a photo or a lead where we can get one
gordjenkins@gmail.com
former 115 ATU person
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