Dunlop, George Ernest (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-January-11

Leading Aircraftman George Ernest Dunlop RCAF

Birth Date: 1912-April-25

Born:

Parents: George & Tillie Dunlop

Spouse: Margaret Elizabeth Dunlop, of West Kildonan.

Home: Starbuck, Manitoba (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

10 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

RCAF Stn. Dauphin, Manitoba

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

R/123706

Home
Google MapStarbuck, Manitoba (parents)
Final Burial
Google MapUnited Church Cemetery
Plot 93

Accident Card - Cessna Crane Mk. I serial:7897

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-January-11. Cessna Crane s/n 7897.

This accident involved 3 people. Dewar MS, Dunlop GE, Thorpe RS

This accident had 3 fatalities. Flying Officer Rowland Stewart Thorpe RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/8958 Crane 7897, Leading Aircraftman Murray Stewart Dewar RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/128434 Crane 7897, Leading Aircraftman George Ernest Dunlop RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/123706 Crane 7897

Unit Desciption

10 SFTS (10 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.

No10 SFTS Dauphin

For More Information on RCAF Station Dauphin see here

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Dauphin Manitoba

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field North Junction MB

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Valley River MB

Unvetted Source Manitoba Historical Society - 10 SFTS Dauphin

Unvetted Source Manitoba Historical Society - North Junction Relief Landing Field

Project 44 BCATP

Unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

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