Union Point, Manitoba (parents)19 Elementary Flying Training School, Virden, Manitoba. Tiger Moth 3878 aircraft was engaged in dual night flying instruction when it crashed two miles south-east of the aerodrome at Virden.
Cox, Harry Kenny (Sergeant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-July-02
Birth Date: 1923-June-04
Born: Union Point Manitoba
Parents: James Klyne Cox & Anne Cornelia Cox
Spouse:
Home: Union Point, Manitoba (parents)
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
19 EFTS- Elementary Flying Training School
Base
RCAF Stn. Virden, Manitoba
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/95453
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Accident Card - de Havilland Moth, Tiger I serial:3878
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-July-02. Tiger Moth s/n 3878.
This accident involved 2 people. Cox HK, Parker JA
This accident had 1 fatality. Sergeant Harry Kenny Cox RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/95453 Moth, Tiger 3878
Unit Desciption
19 EFTS (19 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.
NO19 EFTS Virden
More Information on RCAF Station Virden can be found here
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Virden Manitoba
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Lenore Manitoba
Manitoba Historical Society - Virden Hangar
Project 44 BCATP
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