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Harris, Edward James (Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-December-09

Birth Date: 1922-January-07 (age 20)

Born: Vancouver British Columbia

Son of Henry C. N. Harris and Ellen K. Harris, of Haney.

Home: Haney, British Columbia

Service
RCAF
Unit
2 FIS- Flying Instructor School
Base
Vulcan, Alberta, Canada
Rank
Sergeant
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/128563
Sergeants Harris and R.A. Clark (RAF) were killed in Cornell aircraft FH 748. They struck a tree during a low-flying exercise and crashed between Vulcan and Pincher Creek, Alberta.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Home
Google MapHaney, British Columbia
Burial
Google MapMaple Ridge Cemetery
Block 18 Lot 1 Grave 5

Cornell FH748

Fairchild Cornell

Fairchild Cornell Mk. II
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum

In early 1942, an agreement was signed between the Canadian Government and Fairchild Aircraft, which licenced Fleet Aircraft of Fort Erie, Ontario to construct the PT-26 Cornell in Canada. The first 800 Cornells used by the RCAF were supplied from Fairchild, until production commenced at Fort Erie in November 1942. By the end of the war in 1945, 2,853 Cornells had been built by Fleet - 1,565 for the RCAF and 1,288 for the RAF.

PT-26 Cornells were flown at many of the Elementary Flying Training Schools (EFTS) of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, where they replaced the Fleet Finch and the de Havilland Tiger Moth biplane trainers. After the Second World War, many Cornells were sold to the civilian market, but some were retained by the RCAF, where they were finally retired in 1948. CWPHM



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last update: 2021-08-30 13:45:56

Cornell Mk. I FH748

Ex USAAF PT-26, serial number 42-14396. To RCAF in Canada, retained RAF serial number.

1942-09-21 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
1942-December-09 Accident: 2 Flying Instructor School Loc: Pincher Creek Alberta Names: Clark | Harris
1943-03-12 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07

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