Windsor, Ontario
7 Elementary Flying Training School, Windsor, Ontario. P/Os Thompson and H.B. Lawrence were engaged in an instrument flying exercise and were killed when Tiger Moth aircraft 8883 dove into the ground ten miles east of the aerodrome at Windsor.
Thompson, Merwyn Ronald (Pilot Officer)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-January-23
Birth Date: 1923-March-09
Born:
Parents: Son of Gordon P. Thompson and Maud E. Thompson, of Windsor.
Spouse:
Home: Windsor, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
7 EFTS- Elementary Flying Training School
Base
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/22994
Prev: R/98258
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Crew or Other Personnel
Tiger Moth 8883
Accident Card - de Havilland Moth, Tiger I serial:8883
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-January-23. Tiger Moth s/n 8883.
This accident involved 2 people. Lawrence HB, Thompson MR
This accident had 2 fatalities. Pilot Officer Henry Bruce Lawrence RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/23009 Moth, Tiger 8883, Pilot Officer Merwyn Ronald Thompson RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/22994 Moth, Tiger 8883
Unit Desciption
7 EFTS (7 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.
Crew Preparations Fleet Finch
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Windsor Ontario
canard.html,Bomber Command Museum Of Canada. When Tiger Moth 9660 was almost shot down
Project 44 BCATP