Port Arthur, Ontario
LAC Quinlan was killed when he walked into a slowly moving aircraft on the taxi strip at Saskatoon.
Quinlan, John Anthony Archibald (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1941-January-30
Birth Date: 1921-April-07
Born: North Bay Ontario Canada
Parents: Son of Joseph P. Quinlan and Mary Celina Quinlan; brother of Mrs. Robert Warren Hobson, of Port Arthur.
Spouse:
Home: Port Arthur, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: 1940-June-20
Service
RCAF
Unit
4 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/68547
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:2621
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1941-January-30. Harvard s/n 2621.
This accident involved 1 person. White D
This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman John Anthony Archibald Quinlan RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/68547 Harvard 2621
Unit Desciption
4 SFTS (4 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.
Cessna Crane
For More Infomaion on RCAF Station Saskatoon see here
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Saskatoon Saskatchewan
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Vascoy Saskatchewan
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Osler Saskatchewan
Vintage Wings - Ghosts of Saskatchewan
4 SFTS Saskatoon History
YouTube - Abandoned Saskatchewan