McCabe, Charles Arthur Patrick (Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-January-08

Sergeant Charles Arthur Patrick McCabe RCAF

Birth Date: 1920-October-01

Born:

Parents: Son of Charles J McCabe and Christina McCabe, of Owen Sound, Ontario

Spouse: Husband of Aileen M McCabe, of Owen Sound, Ontario.

Home: Owen Sound, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

2 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

Uplands, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

R/136256

Home

Owen Sound, Ontario

Final Burial

Mount Hope Cemetery
Sec 20 Lot 137

2 Service Flying Training School. Sergeant CAP McCabe (RCAF) and Leading Aircraftman M Voss (RAFVR) were killed when Harvard IIB aircraft 3080 crashed in the vicinity of Kars, Ontario whilst completing flying training sequence 19

Sergeant McCabe was BROTHER to Pilot Warrant Officer Class 2 VW "Wally" McCabe shot down in 418 Squadron Boston III aircraft W 8350 TH-R over France 1942-08-17 and taken POW

Canada Primary Source School Daily Diary Entry -

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Crew or Other Personnel

Harvard 3080

Sergeant Charles Arthur Patrick McCabe RCAF

Sergeant McCabe, Charles Arthur Patrick (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-January-08
Mount Hope Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Michel Voss RAFVR

Leading Aircraftman Voss, Michel (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-January-08
Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.IIB serial:3080

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-January-08. Harvard s/n 3080.

This accident involved 2 people. McCabe CAP, Voss MR

This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Michel Voss RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1289506 Harvard 3080, Sergeant Charles Arthur Patrick McCabe RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/136256 Harvard 3080

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.