Chapman, Donald Hugh John (Flying Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-February-13

Flying Officer Donald Hugh John Chapman RCAF

Birth Date: 1918-July-28

Born:

Parents: Cecil Hugh & Muriel Chapman

Spouse:

Home: Edmonton, Alberta (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

3 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

RCAF Base Calgary, Alberta

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/9361

Home

Edmonton, Alberta (parents)

Final Burial

Edmonton Cemetery
Block 143 Sub Div K Grave 2

Took off from Calgary in Crane Mk I 8126 on a training flight for Leading Aircraftman Walkinshaw with Flying Officer Chapman as Instructor. There was an in flight collision leading to the death of both men. Details of the other aircraft and crew were not found.

Killed: Flying Officer Donald Hugh John Chapman RCAF J/9361 KIFA Edmonton Cemetery, Alberta Block 143. Sub. Div. K. Grave 2. LAC Gordon Mills Walkinshaw RCAF R/162747 KIFA Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery, Burnaby BC Timberland Sec. Lot 254. Grave 7.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Crew or Other Personnel

Crane 8126

Flying Officer Donald Hugh John Chapman RCAF

Flying Officer Chapman, Donald Hugh John (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-February-13
Edmonton Cemetery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Gordon Mills Walkinshaw RCAF

Leading Aircraftman Walkinshaw, Gordon Mills (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-February-13
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Accident Card - Cessna Crane Mk. I serial:8126

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

Unit Desciption

3 SFTS (3 Service Flying Training School)

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.