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Roblin, Jacob Roy (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1941-June-13

Birth Date: 1911 (age 30)

Son of Byam A. Roblin and Helen Roblin, of Belleville.

Home: Belleville, Ontario

Service
RCAF
Unit
3 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Calgary, Alberta, 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/67088
Three Anson aircraft were on a formation exercise and flying in a vic formation when aircraft 6529 swung over to the right apparently to form echelon, without orders, and came up under and struck aircraft 6126. LAC Roblin was in aircraft 2209 and was the only casualty when the aircraft dived into the ground eight miles east of the aerodrome at Calgary.

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

This incident involved multiple aircraft:

  1. Anson Mk. I 6529
  2. Anson Mk. I 6126

All the aircraft in the above list are in this report.

There were no casulaties listed on Anson Mk. I 6126

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

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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 6529

Ex RAF W2209. To No. 4 Training Command on 29 May 1941, for use by No. 3 SFTS. Destroyed in mid-air with Anson 6126 at 10:15 on 13 June 1941, during formation practice. Both aircraft with No. 3 Service Flying Training School at Calgary, Alberta. Crashed 8 miles west of Calgary airport. LAC J.R. Roblin killed in this aircraft, other aircraft received only minor damage. Part of a flight of three aircraft performing authorized formation practice, this aircraft initiated an unscheduled formation change from left echelon to right echelon, and struck 6126 from below. Aircraft had 64:15 logged time when struck off.
1941-04-17 Taken on Strength Aircraft Repair 2019-08-20
1941-June-13 Accident: 3 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Roblin
1941-08-06 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20

Anson Mk. I 6126

Ex RAF R9964. To No. 4 Training Command on 22 October 1940. Category C10 in mid-air with Anson 6529 at 10:15 on 13 June 1941, during formation practice. Both aircraft with No. 3 Service Flying Training School at Calgary, Alberta. 6529 crashed 8 miles west of Calgary airport, after swing under this aircraft and striking it during formation training. No fatalities on this aircraft. To No. 2 Training Command on 24 January 1942. To workshop reserve at No. 8 Repair Depot, Winnipeg, on 2 April(?) 1942. To No. 3 Training Command on 24 October 1942. To storage on 25 September 1943. Allocated to MacDonald Brothers Aircraft in Winnipeg for overhaul on 7 October 1943, but this was cancelled before aircraft was delivered. To No. 6 Repair Depot at Trenton on 16 October 1943. To Central Aircraft for overhaul, 14 January to 18 May 1944. To storage with No. 1 Training Command when completed. To No. 1 Air Command on 15 January 1945, still in storage, and pending disposal from that date. Stored by No. 6 Repair Depot, where it was reported with 1890:35 total time, 3:15 since overhaul.
1940-10-12 Taken on Strength No. 6 Repair Depot 2019-08-20
1941-June-13 Accident: 3 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Adams | Carr | Leatherdale
1945-04-27 Struck off Strength Struck off, to War Assets Corporation 2019-08-20

3 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (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

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