London, Ontario
LACs Morgan and P.G. Mason were on an instrument flying exercise when their Harvard aircraft 2599 exploded in mid-air blowing off the left wing. They were both killed when the aircraft crashed four miles east of Farsfield near Pendleton, Ontario.
Mason, Peter George (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1940-November-22
Birth Date: 1921-March-21
Born:
Parents: Son of George Stanley and Jessie Mason, of London, Ontario.
Spouse:
Home: London, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
2 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Uplands, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/63604
School Daily Diary Entry - 1940-11-22
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Harvard 2599
Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:2599
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1940-November-22. Harvard s/n 2599.
This accident involved 2 people. Mason PG, Morgan CH
This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Charles Harold Morgan RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/52650 Harvard 2599, Leading Aircraftman Peter George Mason RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/63604 Harvard 2599
Unit Desciption
2 SFTS (2 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.
RCAF Station Uplands now the site of Ottawa International Airport CYOW.
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