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Power, Arthur Thelfall (Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-08-08

Age: 19

Son of Guy Thelfall Power and Marjorie Power, of Virden, Manitoba.

Home: Virden, Manitoba

Service
RCAF
Unit
1 CNS- Central Navigation School
Base
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Rank
Sergeant
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/203617
Sgt Power was injured when his Tiger Moth aircraft 1153 spun into the ground three miles south-west of Virden, Manitoba on August 7, 1944. He succumbed to his injuries the next day while in the General Hospital at Virden, Manitoba.

Canada Primary Source School Daily Diary Entry – 19 Elementary Flying Training School - 1944-08-08

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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

de Havilland DH 82 Tiger Moth

Source: Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (serial # RCAF 8922), credit Rick Radell

The de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s British biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company. It was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and many other operators as a primary trainer aircraft. In addition to the type's principal use for ab-initio training, the Second World War saw RAF Tiger Moths operating in other capacities, including maritime surveillance and defensive anti-invasion preparations; some aircraft were even outfitted to function as armed light bombers.

The Tiger Moth remained in service with the RAF until it was succeeded and replaced by the de Havilland Chipmunk during the early 1950s. Many of the military surplus aircraft subsequently entered into civil operation. Many nations have used the Tiger Moth in both military and civil applications, and it remains in widespread use as a recreational aircraft in several countries. It is still occasionally used as a primary training aircraft, particularly for those pilots wanting to gain experience before moving on to other tailwheel aircraft.

Overseas manufacturing of the type commenced in 1937, the first such overseas builder being de Havilland Canada at its facility in Downsview, Ontario. In addition to an initial batch of 25 Tiger Moths that were built for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), the Canadian firm began building fuselages which were exported to the UK for completion. Canadian-built Tiger Moths featured modifications to better suit the local climate, along with a reinforced tail wheel, hand-operated brakes (built by Bendix Corporation), shorter undercarriage radius rods and the legs of the main landing gear legs being raked forwards as a safeguard against tipping forwards during braking. In addition the cockpit had a large sliding canopy fitted along with exhaust-based heating; various alternative undercarriage arrangements were also offered. By the end of Canadian production, de Havilland Canada had manufactured a total of 1,548 of all versions. Wikipedia

Wkikpedia Wikipedia de Havilland Tiger Moth

General Harold A Skaarup Web Page

YouTube YouTube de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth

CASPIR Aircraft Groups:
RCAF On Strength (1414), RCAF 400 Squadron (3), Canadian Aircraft Losses (107)
last update: 2022-08-24 12:34:41

Moth, Tiger I 1153

Ordered by USAAF as PT-24 42-1017; then to Lend-Lease as RAF FE153. Serving with No. 19 Elementary Flying Training School at Virden, Manitoba at time of crash.
1942-01-16 Taken on Strength 2019-08-20
1942-July-16 Accident: 34 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Lethburn Saskatchewan Names:
1943-August-12 Accident: 1 Central Navigation School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Rathin
1944-June-29 Accident: 1 Central Navigation School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Merchant
1944-August-07 Accident: 1 Central Navigation School Loc: Virden Manitoba Names: Power
1944-09-01 Struck off Strength Struck off, after Category A crash on 8 August 1944 2019-08-20


1 CNS- Central Navigation School (1 Central Navigation School)

NO1 ANS Ansons Rivers MB

RCAF Roundel RCAF.info - RCAF Station Rivers MB

NO 1 ANS was redesignated NO1 Central Navigation School after an amalgamation with NO 2 ANS from Pennfield Ridge, NB May 11 1942

General Virtual Manitoba - Rivers History

1942-05-11 Primary Location Rivers MB Canada Current site of Wheatland Spuds Plain Airport CRS5

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