Todd, John Ewald (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-August-07

Leading Aircraftman John Ewald Todd RCAF

Birth Date: 1922-August-21

Born:

Parents: Son of Alexander and Mary Ann Todd, of Semans.

Spouse:

Home: Semans, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

7 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

MacLeod, Alberta, Canada

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

R/107399

Home

Semans, Saskatchewan

Final Burial

Semans Cemetery
Plot 5 Block 3 Grave 4

Anson aircraft 9688 was in the landing approach when it was in a mid-air collision south-east of the airfield at MacLeod, Pilot Officer W.G. Rannie and Leading Aircraftman J.E. Todd were killed in Anson 6958.

Confirmed by Court of Inquiry document in the Library and Archives Canada Service Files: Aircraft 9688 flown by Leading Aircraftman Kotelmach turned into wind in clear weather and let down into aircraft 6958 flown by Pilot Officer Ramie. Both aircraft then crashed to the ground locked together.

Unvetted Source Findings of Court of Inquiry

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)

Crew or Other Personnel

Anson 6958

Pilot Officer William Geoffrey Rannie RCAF

Pilot Officer Rannie, William Geoffrey (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-August-07
Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Leading Aircraftman John Ewald Todd RCAF

Leading Aircraftman Todd, John Ewald (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-August-07
Semans Cemetery, Semans, Saskatchewan, Canada

Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. I / III serial:6958

This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1942-August-07. They are: Anson III s/n 6958, Anson III s/n N9688 (formerly 9688).

This accident involved 3 people. Kotelmach PS, Rannie WG, Todd JE

This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman John Ewald Todd RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/107399 Anson 6958, Pilot Officer William Geoffrey Rannie RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/9197 Anson 6958

Unit Desciption

7 SFTS (7 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.