Hamilton, Ontario
LAC WA McIntosh, Leading Aircraftman D.G. McQueen, and Pilot Officer G.H. Ross were all killed when Anson aircraft 11415 crashed one mile south of Glenmorris, Ontario. The tailplane appeared to fall from the aircraft just prior to the crash.
McQueen, Donald Gordon (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-June-29
Birth Date: 1917
Born:
Parents: Son of Gordon and Margaret McQueen, of Hamilton.
Spouse:
Home: Hamilton, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
5 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/165955
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Crew or Other Personnel
Anson 11415
Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. II serial:11415
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-June-29. Anson II s/n 11415.
This accident involved 3 people. Mcintosh WA, Mcqueen DG, Ross GH
This accident had 3 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Donald Gordon McQueen RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/165955 Anson 11415, Pilot Officer George Hugh Ross RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/24463 Anson 11415, Leading Aircraftman William Albert McIntosh RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/175129 Anson 11415
Unit Desciption
5 SFTS (5 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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