David Mayson Price

Born in Ottawa on February 28th 1921, coming from an English and Welsh descent, David Mayson Price; a keen and intelligent individual, was 5ft 8, 140 pounds, with fair skin, blue eyes and brown hair. Raised on 30 Glendale Avenue as a member of the church of England, Price was an only child to Frederik Llewellyn Price (father) and Jane Mayson (mother). He graduated from Glebe Collegiate Institute in the spring of 1939 and went on to continue his education at Queen’s University. During his time at Queen’s he became the president of the ski club. As the Second World War broke out and Price enlisted, he did not have a current job, however, he did work as a clerk over the summer holidays.

Price’s ski club at Queen’s University

David Mason Price enlisted into the Royal Canadian Air Force in Ottawa, on the 4th of May 1942. Once the Second World War broke out, it is believed that he enlisted to display his patriotism through supporting his homeland. After completing his basic training and airman training, he would attend officer’s academy, after which he would receive the rank of Flight Officer. During his time as a pilot, he operated the Lancaster Bomber and received many awards despite his short service fighting for Canada. He received the 1939–1945 Star (often written as the 39–45 Star) a British Commonwealth military campaign medal awarded for service during the Second World War, the France and Germany Star, the Defence Medal, General Service Medal (GSM) and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (C.V.S.M.) twice. He was posted to Dunnville, Belleville and Pindleton. In May 1943 he went to the Halifax Depot to go overseas in Europe and fought in Germany. He was never wounded or sent to the hospital due to war, until his death in 1944.

On October 14th 1944, David Mayson Price went missing in Germany at the age of 23 on the aircraft Lancaster III ND 805. Information was received from the I.R.C.C. which stated that 6 unknown airmen were killed and two were captured. However, on the Casualty Inquiry file, with the information gathered in his military files, we found that there were only seven crew members, two of which were captured and the last four declared missing, along with David Mayson Price. Therefore, not long after, David Price and four others in his crew were presumed dead and on October 17th 1944, a letter was sent out to his family informing them of the tragedy and was put on local journals. His Will was fully given to his father, F.L. Price, which he only wrote down his bank information. His gravesite peacefully lies at Panel 248 at Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom.

David Mayson Price

David Mayson Price est né le 28 février 1921, à Ottawa, Ontario. Ses parents étaient Fredrick Llewellyn Price et Jane Mayson Price. David Mayson Price n’a pas des frères ou sœurs, il est un enfant seul et aussi celibataire. Le famille Price a vécu à 30 Glendale Ave dans le quartier Glebe. David Price était un étudiant a Glashan pendant les années 1927-1934 et un étudiant a Glebe pendant les années de 1934-1939. Après l'école secondaire il est allé à l' Université Queen's pour un baccalauréat en commerce pendant trois années. David Price était décrit comme un personne, intelligent, respectueux et un personne très avancée. Il pesait 140 livres et etait 5”10 pieds en hauteur avec les cheveux brun et les yeux bleu. Il était d'origine gallois et britannique. Il parle l’anglais et un petit peu de français et un petit peu d’allemand. David Price était un membre de l'église d’Angleterre et il allait à l'Église St. Matthew’s sur Prèmiere Avenue pas très loin de sa maison. Il était aussi un membre du club de ski à Glebe et Queens il était le chef du club. Il faisait aussi partie du club de commerce à Queens pendant son temps la.

David Mayson Price s'inscrit pour la service dans le Force Aérienne du Canada le 4 mai 1942 a le bureau de recrutement en Ottawa à l'âge de 21 ans. Quand David Price s'inscrit il n'a pas d' emploi mais il travaille pendant les vacances d'été pour le CBC dans le rôle d’un greffier. Il était parti du 115 escadron “Despite the elements” et il a entraîné à Belleville, Duneville, Pendleton et Uplands avant d'être envoyé en Angleterre. Son nombre de service est J/25375 et il était un pilote d’un Avro Lancaster. En 1943 il est arrivé en Angleterre. Le 115 escadron faisait partie de beaucoup d'opérations et engagements pendant la guerre. Le 14 octobre 1944 à 07h00 a RAF Witchford, le 115 escadron et David Price et son équipage a décollé dans leur Avro Lancaster pour “Opération Ouragan”. Leur objectif était de bombarder la ville de Duisburg en Allemagne. David Price et son équipage n'ont jamais retourné. Pendant son service il reçoit la l'étoile 1939-1945, étoile France et Allemagne, médaille de défense, médaille 1939-1945 et le médaille de service volontaire du Canada pour son service pendant le guerre.

David Mayson Price et son équipage sont présumés morts après qu'ils ne sont pas retournés après “l’Operation Ouragan” le 14 octobre. Le lettre qui notifie sont décès est envoyée à la famille Price le 17 octobre 1944. Son corps et leur avion n'ont jamais été retrouvés. Le nom de David Mayson Price est écrit sur le Runnymede mémorial de guerre sur panneau 248 en Angleterre et aussi sur une plaque qui honore tous les soldats qui ont été perdus pendant la deuxième guerre mondiale a Glebe Collegiate et à L'église St, Matthew’s en Ottawa. Son nom est aussi écrit sur un mémorial qui honore tous les décès qui était parti de la 115 escadron et au un mémorial au Nanton, Alberta qui honore tous les décès qui était parti du commandement des bombardiers de la force aérienne du Canada. Son nom est aussi trouvé sur la page 421 du livre de souvenir. Il avait juste 23 ans au moment de son décès. Il est peut-être parti, mais il n’est certainement pas oublié.

Gravesite of David Mayson Price, Runnymede Memorial

Memorial – St Matthew's Anglican Church Ottawa

Works Cited

Government of Canada. “PRICE, DAVID MAYSON.” Government of Canada, 26 October 2023, https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?app=kia&IdNumber=29051. Accessed 30 October 2023.

Government of Canada. “In memory of: Flying Officer David Mayson Price.” veterans.gc, 05 November 2022, https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1804658. Accessed 30 October 2023.

Royal Air Force Commands. “Lancaster III ND805 [Royal Air Force Aircraft Serial and Image Database].” RAFCommands, https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=ND805. Accessed 30 October 2023.

Queen's University. “WWII - Price, David Mayson.” Queen's University Archives, 2 October 2020, https://archives.queensu.ca/wwii-price-david-mayson. Accessed 30 October 2023.

and, Library. “Collection Search - PRICE, DAVID MAYSON.” Bac-Lac.gc.ca, 2024, recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?idnumber=29051&app=kia. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.

Canada, Veterans Affairs. “David Mayson Price - the Canadian Virtual War Memorial - Veterans Affairs Canada.” Veterans.gc.ca, 2015, www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1804658. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.

CWGC. “Flying Officer David Mayson Price | War Casualty Details 1804658 | CWGC.” CWGC, 2021, www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1804658/david-mayson-price/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.

“David Mayson Price Rank: Flying Officer Status: Killed in Action 1944-10-14.” Warplane.com, CASPIR by CWH, 2021, caspir.warplane.com/pdoc/pn/600016416/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.

“WWII - Price, David Mayson | Queen’s University Archives.” Queensu.ca, 2020, archives.queensu.ca/wwii-price-david-mayson. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.

The biographies appearing on this website have been written by students, roughly the same age as the soldiers they are studying, using primary source evidence from Library and Archives Canada, in addition to primary source documents from The Virtual War Memorial on veterans.ca. We welcome any corrections or additions you may have to these biographies.

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