Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
LAC Richardson was flying Cessna Crane aircraft 7700 on a solo flying practise when the aircraft stalled and went into a spin. He was killed when the Crane crashed and burned one mile north-east of the aerodrome at Saskatoon.
Richardson, Henry Orville (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1941-August-22
Birth Date: 1914
Born:
Parents: Son of William F. Richardson and Alice May Richardson, of Saskatoon; husband of Norah Constance Richardson, of Saskatoon.
Spouse: Husband of Norah Constance Richardson, of Saskatoon.
Home: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
4 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/87410
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Accident Card - Cessna Crane Mk. I serial:7700
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1941-August-22. Cessna Crane s/n 7700.
This accident involved 1 person. Richardson HO
This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman Henry Orville Richardson RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/87410 Crane 7700
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