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Sinclair, George (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-June-12

Birth Date: 1919-July-17 (age 23)

Son of Alexander Reid Sinclair and Agnes Sinclair, of Vancouver; husband of Dorothy M. Sinclair, of Vancouver.

Husband of Dorothy M. Sinclair, of Vancouver.

Home: Claresholm, Alberta

Service
RCAF
Unit
5 EFTS- Elementary Flying Training School
Base
High River, Alberta, Canada
Rank
Pilot Officer
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/20579
LAC. Lindsay and P/O. G. Sinclair were on a routine training flight and were killed when their Cornell aircraft FH 756 crashed four miles east of the aerodrome at High River.

Canada Primary Source School Daily Diary Entry – 1943-06-12

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave.com Find-A-Grave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Burial
Google Map Mountain View Cemetery, Canada
Block 3 Plot 26 Lot 11

Crew on Cornell Mk. I FH756

Fairchild Cornell

Fairchild Cornell Mk. II
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum

In early 1942, an agreement was signed between the Canadian Government and Fairchild Aircraft, which licenced Fleet Aircraft of Fort Erie, Ontario to construct the PT-26 Cornell in Canada. The first 800 Cornells used by the RCAF were supplied from Fairchild, until production commenced at Fort Erie in November 1942. By the end of the war in 1945, 2,853 Cornells had been built by Fleet - 1,565 for the RCAF and 1,288 for the RAF.

PT-26 Cornells were flown at many of the Elementary Flying Training Schools (EFTS) of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, where they replaced the Fleet Finch and the de Havilland Tiger Moth biplane trainers. After the Second World War, many Cornells were sold to the civilian market, but some were retained by the RCAF, where they were finally retired in 1948. CWPHM



YouTube Cornell Trainer

Wkikpedia Wikipedia Cornell Trainer

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CASPIR Aircraft Groups:
RCAF On Strength (1590), Canadian Aircraft Losses (54)
last update: 2021-08-30 13:45:56

Cornell Mk. I FH756

Ex USAAF PT-26, serial number 42-14404. To RCAF in Canada, retained RAF serial number.
1942-09-24 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
1943-June-12 Accident: 5 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Lindsay | Sinclair
1943-07-19 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07

5 EFTS- Elementary Flying Training School (5 Elementary Flying Training School)

An Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS) gave a trainee 50 hours of basic flying instruction on a simple trainer like the De Havilland Tiger Moth, Fleet Finch, or Fairchild Cornell over 8 weeks.Elementary schools were operated by civilian flying clubs under contract to the RCAF and most of the instructors were civilians. For example, No. 12 EFTS Goderich was run by the Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Club and the County of Huron Flying Club.The next step for a pilot was the Service Flying Training School.
RCAF Lethbridge AB

Established in 1940 at the present site of Lethbridge Airport CYQL.

More information on the RCAF Station at Lethbridge AB can be found at

  • RCAF Roundel RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Lethbridge AB

    • NO5 EFTS moved to High River AB 28 June 1941

  • RCAF Roundel RCAF.info - RCAF Station High River AB

  • RCAF Roundel RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Frank Lake AB

  • Museum Bomber Command Museum Of Canada

  • Museum Vintage Wings - Ghosts Of Alberta

    • 1940-07-22 Primary Location Lethbridge AB Canada Due to unfavourable strong winds the squadron was moved to High River AB
    1941-06-28 Primary Location High River, AB Canada Airport abandoned but runway complex still visible on satellite imagery
    1941-06-28 Relief Field Frank Lake, AB Canada Dry lake bed used as a relief field

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