Crouch, Leonard James (Flying Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-August-18

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Birth Date: 1919

Born:

Parents: Son of Charles William and Ellen Crouch, of Friern Barnet, Middlesex, England.

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Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAF

Unit

32 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)

Base

RCAF Stn. Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Service Numbers

128000

Final Burial

Rosedale Cemetery
Lot 8 Block 10 Grave 192

Two Oxfords, AS202 and AS395 at 32 SFTS collided midair immediately after takeoff.

The two aircraft, on separate missions, took off simultaneously into the sun, from parallel runways but collided at 300 feet and crashed to the ground and burned.

Killed in AS-202: Flying Officer Leonard James Crouch RAF instructor-pilot KIFA Rosedale Cemetery, Moose Jaw, Sask., Lot 8. Block 10. Grave 192. LAC Denis Daly RAF KIFA Rosedale Cemetery, Moose Jaw, Lot 8. Block 10. Grave 190.

Killed in AS-395: LAC Trefor N. Cooke RAF KIFA Rosedale Cemetery, Moose Jaw, Sask.

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Crew or Other Personnel

Oxford AS202

Flying Officer Leonard James Crouch RAF

Flying Officer Crouch, Leonard James (RAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-August-18
Rosedale Cemetery, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Denis Daly RAFVR

Leading Aircraftman Daly, Denis (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-August-18
Rosedale Cemetery, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada

Accident Card - Airspeed Oxford Mk. II serial:AS202

This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1943-August-18. They are: Oxford II s/n AS202, Oxford II s/n AS395.

This accident involved 3 people. Cooke TN, Crouch LJ, Daly D

This accident had 3 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Denis Daly RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1620322 Oxford AS202, Flying Officer Leonard James Crouch RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:128000 Oxford AS202,Leading Aircraftman Trefor Nicholas Cooke RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1654472 Oxford AS395

Unit Desciption

32 SFTS (32 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.