Woodstock, New Brunswick
Pilot Officer Hovey and Leading Aircraftman L.G. Wilson (RNZAF) were both killed when Cessna Crane aircraft 7868 crashed and burned immediately after a night take-off.
Hovey, Frank Gordon (Pilot Officer)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-February-11
Birth Date: 1921
Born:
Parents: Son of James Carter Hovey and Martha Hovey, of Woodstock.
Spouse:
Home: Woodstock, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
4 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/7687
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Crew or Other Personnel
Crane 7868
Accident Card - Cessna Crane Mk. I serial:7868
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-February-11. Cessna Crane s/n 7868.
This accident involved 3 people. Hovey FG, Hunter DM, Wilson LGH
This accident had 2 fatalities. Pilot Officer Frank Gordon Hovey RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/7687 Crane 7868, Leading Aircraftman Leslie George Hamilton Wilson RNZAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:414712 Crane 7868
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.
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
4 SFTS Saskatoon History
YouTube - Abandoned Saskatchewan