Watrous, Saskatchewan
LAC Harmon was killed flying Cessna Crane 7996. He was engaged in solo routine night circuits when the aircraft dived into the ground during the latter part of downwind leg, three miles west of the aerodrome at Calgary.
Harmon, Lloyd Edwin (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-June-02
Birth Date: 1922
Born:
Parents: Son of Charles E. Harmon and Irene M. Harmon, of Watrous.
Spouse:
Home: Watrous, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
3 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/75213
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Accident Card - Cessna Crane Mk. I serial:7996
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-June-02. Cessna Crane I s/n 7996.
This accident involved 1 person. Harmon LE
This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman Lloyd Edwin Harmon RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/75213 Crane 7996
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.
Cessna Crane Midair No3 SFTS Calgary
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
3 SFTS Blog
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