McMorris, Joseph Kenneth (Flying Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-December-01

Flying Officer Joseph Kenneth McMorris RCAF

Birth Date: 1918-July-22

Born:

Parents: Son of George V. McMorris and Justina E. McMorris, of Lewvan.

Spouse:

Home: Lewvan, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

8 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/23760

Home
Google MapLewvan, Saskatchewan
Final Burial
Google MapRegina Cemetery
Block B Plot 5 Grave 30
8 Service Flying Training School, Moncton, New Brunswick. Flying Officer McMorris and Leading Aircraftman J.K. Murphy left the airfield in Harvard aircraft FE 995 at 13:00 hours for a sequence review and were not heard from again. Although an extensive search was undertaken the aircraft wreckage was not found until May 31, 1946. Both airmen were killed when the Harvard crashed in some timberland one and one half miles off a road near the village of Anderson sixteen miles north-east of Sackville, New Brunswick.

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)

Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk. IIB serial:FE995

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-December-01. Harvard IIB s/n FE995.

This accident involved 2 people. Mcmorris JK, Murphy JK

This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman John Kenneth Murphy RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/194169 Harvard FE995, Flying Officer Joseph Kenneth McMorris RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/23760 Harvard FE995

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

For More Information on RCAF Station Moncton see here

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station Moncton NB

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Scoudouc NB

Unvetted Source 8 SFTS Moncton NB History

Museum New Brunswick Aviation Museum

Project 44 BCATP

Unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

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