Dingle, John Tregenna (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-May-30

Pilot Officer John Tregenna Dingle RCAF

Birth Date: 1921-April-02

Born:

Parents: Frederick William & Kate Dingle

Spouse: Isabel Margaret Dingle, of Elm Creek.

Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

4 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

RCAF Stn. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/24270
Prev: R/152890

Home

Winnipeg, Manitoba (parents)

Final Burial

Elmwood Cemetery
Sec 12A Grave 1375

Flying Officer Cameron, Pilot Officer J.T. Dingle and A.G. Longman (civilian) were engaged in a weather test and were killed when Cessna Crane 8055 aircraft dived into the ground one mile east of Clarks Crossing, Saskatchewan.

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 8055

Flight Lieutenant Robert Joel Cameron RCAF

Flight Lieutenant Cameron, Robert Joel (RCAF)
control officer
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-May-30
Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Pilot Officer John Tregenna Dingle RCAF

Pilot Officer Dingle, John Tregenna (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-May-30
Elmwood Cemetery, Hespeler Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Accident Card - Cessna Crane Mk. I serial:8055

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-May-30. Cessna Crane I s/n 8055.

This accident involved 3 people. Dingle JT, Longman AC, Cameron RJ

This accident had 3 fatalities. Pilot Officer John Tregenna Dingle RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/24270 Crane 8055, Flight Lieutenant Robert Joel Cameron RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:C/6327 Crane 8055, Civilian A C Longman RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no: Crane 8055

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.