Guelph, Ontario
6 Service Flying Training School, Dunnville, Ontario. BROTHER to Archibald Blake McIntyre. Harvard aircraft 3180 crashed while engaged in mutual instrument flying instruction take-off training. The aircraft took off, climbed steeply, stalled, dropped one wing and then crashed in the Grand River one mile north-east of the runway at Dunnville. Warrant Officer N.E. Kirk was also killed.
McIntyre, James Ivan (Pilot Officer)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-September-23
Birth Date: 1918-April-02
Born:
Parents: Son of Joseph and Lillie Mary McIntyre, of Guelph.
Spouse:
Home: Guelph, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
6 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Dunnville, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/14026
Prev: R/72041
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Harvard 3180
Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:3180
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-September-23. Harvard II s/n 3180.
This accident involved 2 people. Kirk NE, Mcintyre JI
This accident had 2 fatalities. Warrant Officer 2nd Class Norman Edward Kirk RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/75719 Harvard 3180, Pilot Officer James Ivan McIntyre RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/14026 Harvard 3180
Unit Desciption
6 SFTS (6 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.
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