Inverness, Nova Scotia
8 Service Flying Training School, Moncton, New Brunswick. Harvard aircraft 3771 and Harvard aircraft 3808 were in a mid-air collision at 7,000 feet near Cocagne, New Brunswick. Leading Aircraftman MacNeil and Pilot Officer J.R. Connelly were both killed in 3808, the occupants of 3771 were both uninjured.
MacNeil, Ferdinand Foch (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-June-26
Birth Date: 1922
Born:
Parents: John Angus and Margaret MacNeil, of Inverness.
Spouse:
Home: Inverness, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
8 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/124638
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Harvard 3808
Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk. II serial:3808
This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1942-June-26. They are: Harvard II s/n 3771, Harvard II s/n 3808.
This accident involved 4 people. Connely JR, Macneill FF, Miller R, Procter RG
This accident had 2 fatalities. Pilot Officer James Robert Connely RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/10290 Harvard 3808, Leading Aircraftman Ferdinand Foch MacNeil RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/124638 Harvard 3808
Unit Desciption
8 SFTS (8 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.
Harvard Formation
NO8 SFTS Moncton moved to Weyburn SK January 1944
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