Cook, Benjamin Dean (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-March-07

Leading Aircraftman Benjamin Dean Cook RCAF

Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Parents: Benjamin & Beatrice Cook

Spouse:

Home: Bradwell, Saskatchewan (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

4 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

RCAF Stn. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

pilot-trainee

Service Numbers

R/107392

Home

Bradwell, Saskatchewan (parents)

Final Burial

Bradwell Cemetery
grave Sec 28

Cessna Crane aircraft 7657 was being ferried from Vanscoy, Saskatchewan to Saskatoon and was at an altitude of 100 feet when the fabric peeled off the right wing.

Killed: Flight Sergeant Hugh Charles Campbell RCAF R/64351 KIA Mount View Cemetery Cambridge Ontario Lot 46. Range 20. Grave D. LAC Benjamin Dean Cook RCAF R/107392 KIA Bradwell Cemetery Saskatoon Sec. 28. LAC Hubert Vernol Ford RCAF R/120660 KIA Woodlawn Cemetery Saskatoon Block J. Lot 401. Grave 112.

Leading Aircraftman Scott Freebairn and Leading Aircraftman Elmer Peter Friesen both survived, Friesen was seriously injured in the crash.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

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

Crew or Other Personnel

Crane 7657

Flight Sergeant Hugh Charles Campbell RCAF

Flight Sergeant Campbell, Hugh Charles (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-March-07
Mountview Cemetery, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Benjamin Dean Cook RCAF

Leading Aircraftman Cook, Benjamin Dean (RCAF)
pilot-trainee
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-March-07
Bradwell Cemetery, Bradwell, Saskatchewan, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Hubert Vernol Ford RCAF

Leading Aircraftman Ford, Hubert Vernol (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-March-07
Woodlawn Cemetery Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Accident Card - Cessna Crane Mk. I serial:7657

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-March-07. Cessna Crane I s/n 7657.

This accident involved 5 people. Campbell HC, Cook BD, Ford HV, Freebairn AL, Friesen EP

This accident had 3 fatalities. Flight Sergeant Hugh Charles Campbell RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/64351 Crane 7657, Leading Aircraftman Benjamin Dean Cook RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/107392 Crane 7657, Leading Aircraftman Hubert Vernol Ford RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/120660 Crane 7657

Unit Desciption

4 SFTS (4 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.