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Beingessner, Elmer Stephen (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-June-17

Birth Date: 1923-May-04 (age 21)

Born: Vulcan, Alberta

Son of Frank Xavier and Mary Hazel Beingessner, of Brant, Alberta.

Home: Brant, Alberta

Enlistment: Calgary, Alberta

Enlistment Date: 1942-06-25

Service
RCAF
Unit
6 EFTS- Elementary Flying Training School
Base
RCAF Stn. Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
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/168989
6 Elementary Flying Training School, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Cornell aircraft crashed.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave.com Finadagrave.com

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

Home
Google MapBrant, Alberta
Burial
Google MapHighwood Cemetery
Plot 14 Range R

Cornell EW394

Leading Aircraftman Beingessner, Elmer Stephen (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-June-17
Highwood Cemetery, High River, Alberta, Canada

Male Head

Flight Lieutenant Burr, Douglas Harold (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-June-17
Kelowna Cemetery, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

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

Wkikpedia Wikipedia Cornell Trainer

General Harold A Skaarup Web Page

last update: 2021-08-30 13:45:56

Cornell I EW394

Ex USAAF PT-26-FA, serial number 44-19341, to RCAF for use in BCATP in Canada

1944-01-15 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
1944-June-17 Accident: 6 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Beingessner | Burr
1944-07-29 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07

6 EFTS (6 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.
The lads of Course 98 No 6 EFTS Prince Albert 1944

Established in 1940 at the present site of Prince Albert Airport CYPA

More information on the RCAF Station at Prince Albert, SK can be found at

RCAF Roundel RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Prince Albert SK

More information on relief field Hagen SK can be found at

RCAF Roundel RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Hagen SK

International Bomber Command Centre ibcc - Course 98 6 EFTS Prince Albert SK

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