Creston, British Columbia
LACs Sinclair and D.H. Armitage were on a cross-country exercise and were both killed when Harvard aircraft 3005 crashed at Indian Island, Papineau Lake, Quebec.
Armitage, David Harold (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-June-08
Birth Date: 1917-August-22
Born: Comber Ontario
Parents: Son of the Revd. Harold Joseph Armitage and Stella M. Armitage, of Kaslo.
Spouse:
Home: Creston, British Columbia
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
2 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
RCAF Stn. Uplands,Ontario ( Ottawa, )
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/92416
School Daily Diary Entry - 1942-06-08
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
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Harvard 3005
Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:3005
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-June-08. Harvard II s/n 3005.
This accident involved 2 people. Armitage DH, Sinclair AJ
This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman David Harold Armitage RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/92416 Harvard 3005, Leading Aircraftman Albert James Joseph Sinclair RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/99902 Harvard 3005
Unit Desciption
2 SFTS (2 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.
RCAF Station Uplands now the site of Ottawa International Airport CYOW.
Instructors NO2 SFTS
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