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Lee, Herbert John (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-June-14

Birth Date: 1915 (age 28)

Son of Bertie Ledson Lee and Alice Lee, of Toronto; husband of Yvonne G. Lee, of Toronto.

Husband of Yvonne G. Lee, of Toronto.

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Service
RCAF
Unit
16 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Hagersville, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/170617
16 Service Flying Training School, Hagersville, Ontario. Anson aircraft 6191 was on a single engine approach when it stalled and crashed one mile north-east of the aerodrome at Hagersville.

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Burial
Google Map St Johns Norway Cemetery, Canada
Section 16 Range 5 Plot 47

Avro Anson

Avro Anson Mk. V
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
The Museum's Anson Mk. V was built by MacDonald Brothers in Winnipeg in 1944. It flew with No. 7 Photographic Wing and No. 414 Squadron in Ottawa on photo survey work until the late 1940s. In 1956, it was purchased by INCO and used for mineral surveying until 1980, when it was donated to the Museum. The exterior is painted in the yellow colour common to all BCATP trainers and is in its same wartime RCAF markings.

The Avro Anson was known by a number of nicknames including "Faithful Annie" or "Flying Greenhouse". It was the first aircraft to be flown by the Royal Canadian Air Force to have a retractable undercarriage, which was a comparative novelty in 1936. In 1940, a Canadian government owned company, Federal Aircraft Limited, was created in Montreal to manufacture the Anson for Canadian use. Nearly 3,000 Anson aircraft were produced and, in the early days of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), the Anson was the standard trainer for many pilots, observers (navigators), wireless operators and bomb aimers. More than 20,000 aircrew received training on the Anson. In Canadian service, the aircraft was substantially re-designed with the substitution of North American engines and many other airframe and equipment changes. Harold Skaarup web pages

General Harold A Skaarup Web Page

YouTube Avro Anson History

YouTube Avro Anson Construction

CASPIR Aircraft Groups:
RCAF On Strength (4404), RCAF 400 Squadron (6), Canadian Aircraft Losses (257)
last update: 2022-02-22 21:45:24

Anson Mk. I / III 6191

Ex RAF W1602. To No. 3 Training Command on 5 December 1940, for use by No. 8 Service Flying Training School at Moncton, NB. Crashed at Lakeburn airport at 22:30 on 18 March 1941. On landing collided with Anson 6277, which was taxiing for takeoff. Originally classified as Category B, revised to Category C damage. To Canada Car & Foundry for crash repairs and conversion to Mk. III, 6 May 1941 to 16 March 1942. Had 225:50 logged time. To No. 1 Training Command when completed. Completely destroyed by fire while at No. 16 Service Flying Training School at Hagersville, Ontario, no date.
1940-11-12 Taken on Strength Ottawa Car & Aircraft 2019-08-20
1941-March-18 Accident: 8 Service Flying Training School Loc: Lakeburn Airport Names: Watterson
1943-June-14 Accident: 16 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Lee
1943-07-23 Write-Off Write off 2019-08-20
1943-07-23 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07

16 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (16 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.

Class115 SFTS16

For More Info on RCAF Station Hagersville see here

  • RCAF Roundel RCAF.info - RCAF Station Hagersville ON

  • RCAF Roundel RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Cayuga ON

  • RCAF Roundel RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Dufferin ON

  • General 16 SFTS Hagersville ON History Blog

    • 1941-08-08 Primary Location Hagersville ON Canada Abandoned now home of Hagerstville Industrial park.
    1941-08-08 Relief Field Dufferin On Canada Abandoned returned to agriculture. Approximate location.
    1941-08-08 Relief Field Cayuga ON Canada Abandoned now site of Cayuga International Dragway Park

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