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Tye, Peter Pearson (Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-06-12

Male Head

Birth Date: 1921-01-01 (age 22)

Son of Claude Francis and Flo Lily Tye, of Rowhedge, Essex, England

Service
RAFVR
Unit
34 EFTS- Elementary Flying Training School (RAF)
Base
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, 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
Service Numbers
1613283
LAC N.H. King and Sgt P.P Tye were killed when Cornell - FH953 spun in and crashed.

Canada Primary Source School Daily Diary Entry – 1943-06-12

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave.com Find-A-Grave.com

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

Burial
Google Map Mount Hope Cemetery, Canada
Chapel Plot Grave 8

Crew on Cornell Mk. I FH953

Fairchild Cornell

Fairchild Cornell Mk. II
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum

In early 1942, an agreement was signed between the Canadian Government and Fairchild Aircraft, which licenced Fleet Aircraft of Fort Erie, Ontario to construct the PT-26 Cornell in Canada. The first 800 Cornells used by the RCAF were supplied from Fairchild, until production commenced at Fort Erie in November 1942. By the end of the war in 1945, 2,853 Cornells had been built by Fleet - 1,565 for the RCAF and 1,288 for the RAF.

PT-26 Cornells were flown at many of the Elementary Flying Training Schools (EFTS) of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, where they replaced the Fleet Finch and the de Havilland Tiger Moth biplane trainers. After the Second World War, many Cornells were sold to the civilian market, but some were retained by the RCAF, where they were finally retired in 1948. CWPHM



YouTube Cornell Trainer

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RCAF On Strength (1590), Canadian Aircraft Losses (54)
last update: 2021-08-30 13:45:56

Cornell Mk. I FH953

Ex USAAF PT-26, serial number 42-15432. To RCAF in Canada, retained RAF serial number.
1943-02-10 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
1943-June-12 Accident: 34 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: King | Tye
1943-09-21 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07

34 EFTS- Elementary Flying Training School (RAF) (34 Elementary Flying Training School)

An Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS) gave a trainee 50 hours of basic flying instruction on a simple trainer like the De Havilland Tiger Moth, Fleet Finch, or Fairchild Cornell over 8 weeks.Elementary schools were operated by civilian flying clubs under contract to the RCAF and most of the instructors were civilians. For example, No. 12 EFTS Goderich was run by the Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Club and the County of Huron Flying Club.The next step for a pilot was the Service Flying Training School.

For More Information on RCAF Station Assiniboa see here

  • RCAF Roundel RCAF.info - Station Assiniboa Saskatchewan

  • RCAF Roundel RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Lethburn Saskatchewan

  • Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial

  • Museum Vintage Wings - Ghosts Of Saskatchewan

  • 1942-02-11 Primary Location Assiniboia SK Canada No. 34 EFTS trained RAF pilots on the Fairchild Cornell and was managed by the civilian Winnipeg Flying Club.
    1942-02-11 Relief Field Lethburn SK Canada Location inaccurate return to agriculture land.

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