Ottawa, Ontario
LAC Wetmore was flying Harvard aircraft 2512 on a solo cross-country exercise on June 1, 1942 when Leading Aircraftman Wetmore became lost. He was injured when he crashed while executing a precautionary landing with the undercarriage retracted. The aircraft landed and bounced very badly on very rough ground in the vicinity of Sackett's Harbour, New York, USA. Leading Aircraftman Wetmore succumbed to his wounds on June 5, 1942.
Wetmore, Linley Douglas (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-June-01
Birth Date: 1918-January-27
Born: Ottawa, Ontario
Parents: Son of Harvey M. Whetmore and Florence M. Whetmore, of Ottawa, Ontario.
Spouse:
Home: Ottawa, Ontario
Enlistment: Ottawa, Ontario
Enlistment Date: 1941-May-05
Service
RCAF
Unit
2 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Uplands, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/96069
School Daily Diary Entry - 1942-06-01
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.comAccident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:2512
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-June-01. Harvard II s/n 2512.
This accident involved 1 person. Wetmore LD
This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman Linley Douglas Wetmore RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/96069 Harvard 2512
Unit Desciption
2 SFTS (2 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.
RCAF Station Uplands now the site of Ottawa International Airport CYOW.
Instructors NO2 SFTS
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