Steele, Cecil Julien (Flying Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-December-08

Flying Officer Cecil Julien Steele RCAF

Birth Date: 1915-November-07

Born:

Parents: Son of Isaiah W. Steele and Mary E. Steele, of Toronto.

Spouse:

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

2 EFTS- Elementary Flying Training School

Base

Fort William, Ontario, Canada

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/26367
Prev: R/160359

Home
Google MapToronto, Ontario
Final Burial
Google MapPark Lawn Cemetery
Sec 1 Tier 5 Lot 10 Grave 2
Flying Officer C.J. Steele was the pilot of Tiger Moth aircraft 3857, with him was pupil pilot Leading Aircraftman L.A. Kendrick. They were caught in a sudden snow storm. He was following the Kaministiqua River to get home and Flying Officer Stelle was killed when the aircraft hit some high tension wires and plunged nose first into open water seven miles south of the aerodrome. Leading Aircraftman Kendrick was slightly injured.

Canada Primary Source School Daily Diary Entry - 1943-12-08

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)

Accident Card - de Havilland Moth, Tiger I serial:3857

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-December-08. Tiger Moth s/n 3857.

This accident involved 2 people. Kendrick LA, Steele CJ

This accident had 1 fatality. Flying Officer Cecil Julien Steele RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/26367 Moth, Tiger 3857

Unit Desciption

2 EFTS (2 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.
NO2 EFTS August 1941

The School was established at Fort William, Ontario. The former school is now the Thunder Bay, Ontario Airport.

More information on the RCAF Station at Fort William can be found at

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station Fort William ON

Unvetted Source NW Ontario Heritage Center - 2 EFTS

Project 44 BCATP

Unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

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