Mosher, John Edgar (Flying Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-August-26

Flying Officer John Edgar Mosher RCAF

Birth Date: 1920-October-25

Born:

Parents: Son of Lawrence E. and Margaret E. Mosher, of Stoney Creek, Ontario.

Spouse: Husband of Elizabeth F. Mosher, of Hamilton Beach, Ontario.

Home: Hamilton Beach, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

14 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

Aylmer, Ontario, Canada

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/6677

Home

Hamilton Beach, Ontario

Final Burial

Hamilton Cemetery
Sec M Lot 910 North Centre grave

Flying Officer Mosher and Leading Aircraftman J. McVicar (RAF) were engaged in dual navigation when their aircraft collided with Tiger Moth aircraft 8909 from 12 EFTS, Goderich, Ontario. They were both killed when Yale aircraft 3391 crashed three miles north of Stratford, Ontario. Please see York D. for the Tiger Moth casualty list.

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

Yale 3391

Leading Aircraftman James McVicar RAFVR

Leading Aircraftman McVicar, James (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1942-August-26
Aylmer Cemetery, Aylmer, Ontario, Canada

Flying Officer John Edgar Mosher RCAF

Flying Officer Mosher, John Edgar (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-August-26
Hamilton Cemetery, York Boulevard, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Accident Card - North American Yale serial:3391

This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1942-August-26. They are: Yale s/n 3391, Tiger Moth s/n 8909.

This accident involved 4 people. Mcvicar J, Mosher JE, Reid RB, York D

This accident had 4 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Douglas York RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/144253 Moth, Tiger 8909, Leading Aircraftman Douglas York RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/144253 Moth, Tiger 8909, Warrant Officer 2nd Class Robert Bruce Reid RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/72122 Moth, Tiger 8909, Warrant Officer 2nd Class Robert Bruce Reid RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/72122 Moth, Tiger 8909

Unit Desciption

14 SFTS (14 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.