Ottawa, Ontario (parents)LAC Crawford was killed when Harvard aircraft 2691 crashed four miles north of Lindsay, Ontario.
He was building up his solo hours at the time of the crash.
Crawford, George Hamilton (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1944-August-19
Birth Date: 1924-May-01
Born: Ottawa Ontario
Parents: Arthur Wesley Crawford & Florence Pearl Crawford
Spouse:
Home: Ottawa, Ontario (parents)
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
2 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
RCAF Stn. Uplands, Ottawa, Ontario
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/214083
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:2691
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-August-19. Harvard II s/n 2691.
This accident involved 1 person. Crawford GH
This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman George Hamilton Crawford RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/214083 Harvard 2691
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
For More Information on RCAF Station Uplands See here
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Uplands Ottawa Ontario
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Carp Ontario
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Edwards Ontario
Vintage Wings - Inside Uplands
2 SFTS Uplands History
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