Maclean, Norman John

Killed in Flying Accident 1945-06-09

Birth Date: 1921-March-01

Born: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Son of Norman and Margaret MacLean, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Enlistment: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Enlistment Date: 1941-10-06

Service

RCAF

Unit

2 REMU- Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit

Base

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Flying Officer

Service Numbers

J/22150

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2 REMU. Cornell aircraft 16644 was being ferried to Mossbank, Saskatchewan when it went into a spin at 3,000 feet. When it came out of the spin the engine had stopped and the aircraft glided in to a crash landing.

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This incident involved multiple aircraft:

  1. Cornell Cornell III Serial: 16644

All the above aircraft in the above list are referenced in this report.

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Cornell 16644

Flying Officer Maclean, Norman John (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1945-June-09
Elmwood Cemetery, Hespeler Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Fairchild Cornell

Fairchild Cornell Mk. II
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
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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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Cornell 16644

Cornell Cornell III 16644

Category A crash on 9 June 1945 at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Spun in from maintenance test flight after major inspection at No. 2 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit. Flying Officer N.J. MacLean killed. Accident report stated propeller stopped during forced landing on main aerodrome, cited MacLean for aerobatics and spinning below 3,000 feet.

1943-11-30 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
1945-June-09 Accident: 2 REMU Loc: Aerodrome Names: Maclean
1946-01-18 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07