Detroit, Michigan, USA (parents)
Leading Aircraftman R M Cross and Leading Aircraftman A W Ault were engaged in advanced navigation training when their Harvard aircraft 3828 crashed near the Madawaska River at Lake Calabogie, Ontario. Both Leading Aircraftman Cross and Leading Aircraftman Ault were killed instantly.
Cross, Rosier M (Sergeant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-September-18
Birth Date: 1918
Born:
Parents: Rosier & Margaret Cross
Spouse:
Home: Detroit, Michigan, USA (parents)
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
2 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
RCAF Stn. Uplands, Ottawa, Ontario
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/137101
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:3828
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-September-18. Harvard II s/n 3828.
This accident involved 2 people. Ault AW, Cross RM
This accident had 2 fatalities. Sergeant Arthur Wellington Ault RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/125936 Harvard 3828, Sergeant Rosier M Cross RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/137101 Harvard 3828
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
YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of Democracy