Birth Date: 1921-August-19
Born:
Parents: Son of Herbert Edward and Nora Dorothy F. Ford, of Kinloch.
Spouse:
Home: Kinloch, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
4 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/120660
Cessna Crane aircraft 7657 was being ferried from Vanscoy, Saskatchewan to Saskatoon and was at an altitude of 100 feet when the fabric peeled off the right wing. The aircraft crashed and burned killing Flight Sergeant H.C. Campbell, Leading Aircraftman B.D. Cook and Leading Aircraftman H.V. Ford.
Leading Aircraftman Scott Freebairn and Leading Aircraftman Elmer Peter Friesen both survived, Friesen was seriously injured in the crash.
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-March-07. Cessna Crane I s/n 7657.
This accident involved 5 people. Campbell HC, Cook BD, Ford HV, Freebairn AL, Friesen EP
This accident had 3 fatalities. Flight Sergeant Hugh Charles Campbell RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/64351 Crane 7657, Leading Aircraftman Benjamin Dean Cook RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/107392 Crane 7657, Leading Aircraftman Hubert Vernol Ford RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/120660 Crane 7657
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.
For More Infomaion on RCAF Station Saskatoon see here
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Saskatoon Saskatchewan
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Vascoy Saskatchewan
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Osler Saskatchewan
Vintage Wings - Ghosts of Saskatchewan
Kinloch, Saskatchewan
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
4 SFTS Saskatoon History
YouTube - Abandoned Saskatchewan