Young, A T

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-03-19

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Birth Date: unkown date

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Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

USAAF

Unit

3 (Ferry) Group

Base

Rank

Second Lieutenant

Position

Second Lieutenant

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USAAF 3th Ferry Group Cornell II FX138 crashed at Fort Erie, Ontario, 2Lt A.T. Young USAAF killed (AAIR).

Cornell FX138

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Second Lieutenant Young, A T (USAAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1944-March-19
cemetery unknown

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



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