Pontyclun, Glamorgan, WalesCamp Borden Birthplace of the RCAF by 16 Wing, Borden, Ontario, page 116
ColFrancis, Lionel (Sergeant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1940-December-13
Birth Date: 1918
Born:
Parents: Son of Daniel Lewis Francis and Beatrice Francis of Pontyclun, Glamorgan, Wales
Spouse:
Home: Pontyclun, Glamorgan, Wales
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAF
Unit
1 (OT) SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Camp Borden, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
580278
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Nomad (Northrop) 3512
Accident Card - Northrop Nomad (Northrop) serial:3512
This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1940-December-13. They are: Nomad s/n 3521, Nomad s/n 3512.
This accident involved 2 people. Bates TS, Campbell EP
This accident had 4 fatalities. Sergeant Lionel Francis RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:580278 Nomad (Northrop) 3512, Leading Aircraftman William James Phillip Gosling RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/60714 Nomad (Northrop) 3512,Leading Aircraftman Theodore Scribner Bates RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/53927 Nomad (Northrop) 3521, Flight Lieutenant Peter Campbell RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:39219 Nomad (Northrop) 3521
Mission
Nomad (Northrop) 3512
Search 1940-December-13 to 1940-December-13
1 (OT) SFTS (RCAF) Camp Borden, Ontario, Canada
1 Service Flying training School (SFTS) Camp Borden, Ontario. Nomad aircraft 3512 was flying in formation with Nomad aircraft 3521 while searching for Nomad aircraft 3502 which had become lost on a training flight and believed to have crashed the previous day. The two aircraft were involved in a mid-air collision and both crashed into Lake Muskoka, Ontario with the loss of all four aircrew aboard
Leading Aircraftman Phillip William James Gosling (RCAF) and Sergeant Lionel Francis (RAF) in 3512, Leading Aircraftman Theodore Scribner Bates (RCAF) and Flight Lieutenant Peter Campbell (RAF) in 3521, were all killed in this flying accident
Camp Borden Birthplace of the RCAF by 16 Wing, Borden, Ontario, page 116
Unit Desciption
1 (OT) SFTS (1 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.
Currently the site of CFB Borden. Heliport and grass strip remains. CYBN
Camp Borden Class 1917
For more Information on RCAF Station Borden see here
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Borden Ontario
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Edenvale Ontario
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Squadron: 1 (OT) SFTS (RCAF)
Start Date: 1940-12-13
Completion Date: 1940-12-13
Mission: Search
Operation: unspecified
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Target Specific:
Base: Camp Borden, Ontario, Canada
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Crash City: Canada
Crash Specifics: Lake Muskoka, Ontario
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: midair
Flak Battery:
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1 Service Flying training School (SFTS) Camp Borden, Ontario. Nomad aircraft 3512 was flying in formation with Nomad aircraft 3521 while searching for Nomad aircraft 3502 which had become lost on a training flight and believed to have crashed the previous day. The two aircraft were involved in a mid-air collision and both crashed into Lake Muskoka, Ontario with the loss of all four aircrew aboard
Leading Aircraftman Phillip William James Gosling (RCAF) and Sergeant Lionel Francis (RAF) in 3512, Leading Aircraftman Theodore Scribner Bates (RCAF) and Flight Lieutenant Peter Campbell (RAF) in 3521, were all killed in this flying accident
Camp Borden Birthplace of the RCAF by 16 Wing, Borden, Ontario, page 116
School Daily Diary Entry - 1940-12-13