Toronto, Ontario
F/Os Hoad and J.R. Lawlor were engaged in instrument flying and practising spins under the hood and were killed when Harvard aircraft 3770 failed to recover from a spin and crashed near Gimli.
Hoad, Jack Walter (Flying Officer)
Killed in Flying Accident 1944-October-27
Birth Date: 1923
Born:
Parents: Son of Walter Alexander and Kate Ethel Hoad, of Toronto, husband of Paulene R. Hoad, of Toronto.
Spouse: Husband of Paulene R. Hoad, of Toronto.
Home: Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
18 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Gimli, Manitoba, Canada
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/36990
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Harvard 3770
Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk. II serial:3770
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-October-27. Harvard II s/n 3770.
This accident involved 2 people. Hoad JW, Lawlor JR
This accident had 2 fatalities. Flying Officer James Robert Russell Lawlor RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/18350 Harvard 3770, Flying Officer Jack Walter Hoad RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/36990 Harvard 3770
Unit Desciption
18 SFTS (18 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.
CWHM Avro Anson
No 18 Service Flying Training School was formed in Gimli, Manitoba on 1943/09/06. The school had a relief landing field at Netley Lake, a few miles south of the school. The unit was disbanded at Gimli on 31 May 1945.
For More Information on RCAF Station Gimli see here
RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Gimli MB
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Netley Lake MB
Military Bruce -18 SFTS Gimli MB HistoryOn 1 June 1945 the school was reformed at Souris, Manitoba. Replacing No 17 Service Flying Training School which had been disbanded shortly before. The school had relief landing fields at Hartney and Elgin. The school was again disbanded on 5 September 1945.
For more Information on RCAF Station Souris see here
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Souris MB
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Hartney MB
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