Birth Date: 1921-February-17
Born: Vancouver, British Columbia
Parents: Godwin Odin Anderson (alias Carlson) & Hannah Coundley
Spouse:
Home: Nanaimo, British Columbia (parents)
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
3 (OT) SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Calgary, Alberta
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/20575
RCAF Cessna Crane Mk I 7753 was struck by a moving tractor while parked, and was written off. The wreckage was sent to Prairie Airways to be re-built. On completion it was sent to No. 3 Service Flying Training School at Calgary, Alberta. Aircraft was destroyed in a fatal crash 1943-02-13
Killed includes Carlson: LAC Archibald Andrew McDonald RAF KITA Burnsland) Cemetery Calgary Lot 64. Block 8. Sec. G.
This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1943-February-13. They are: Cessna Crane I s/n 8126, Cessna Crane I s/n 7753.
This accident involved 4 people. Carlson EW, Chapman DHJ, MacDonald AA, Walkinshaw GM
This accident had 4 fatalities. Flying Officer Donald Hugh John Chapman RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/9361 Crane 8126, Leading Aircraftman Gordon Mills Walkinshaw RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/162747 Crane 8126,Pilot Officer Earl William Carlson RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/20575 Crane 7753, Leading Aircraftman Archibald Andrew McDonald RNZAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:422416 Crane 7753
Graduates of the EFTS "learn-to-fly" program went on a Service Flying Training School (SFTS) for 16 weeks. For the first 8 weeks the trainee was part of an intermediate training squadron; for the next 6 weeks an advanced training squadron and for the final 2 weeks training was conducted at a Bombing & Gunnery School. The Service schools were military establishments run by the RCAF or the RAF.
There were two different types of Service Flying Training Schools. Trainees in the fighter pilot stream went to an SFTS like No. 14 Aylmer, where they trained in the North American Harvard or North American Yale. Trainees in the bomber, coastal or transport pilot stream went to an SFTS like No. 5 Brantford where they learned multi-engine technique in an Airspeed Oxford, Avro Anson or Cessna Crane.
For More Information on RCAF Station Calgary see here
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Currie, Calgary Alberta
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Shepard Alberta
Bomber Command Museum of Canada
Nanaimo, British Columbia (parents)
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
3 SFTS Blog
YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of Democracy