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Maclean, Norman John (Flying Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1945-June-09

Canada

Birth Date: 1921-March-01 (age 24)

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

Rank

Flying Officer

Marshal
Air Chief Marshal	A/C/M
Air Marshal	A/M
Air Vice Marshal	A/V/M
Air Commodore	A/C
Group Captain	G/C
Wing Commander	W/C
Squadron Leader	S/L
Flight Lieutenant	F/L
Flying Officer	F/O
Pilot Officer	P/O
Warrant Officer 1st Class	WO1
Warrant Officer 2nd Class	WO2
Flight Sergeant	FS
Sergeant	SGT
Corporal	CPL
Senior Aircraftman	SAC
Leading Aircraftman	LAC
Aircraftman 1st Class	AC1
Aircraftman 2nd Class	AC2

Position
Pilot

Service Numbers
J/22150

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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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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RCAF On Strength (1590), Canadian Aircraft Losses (54)

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

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

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