Auld, George Edgar (Flying Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1940-May-17

Flying Officer George Edgar Auld RCAF

Birth Date: 1908-April-17

Born: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Parents: George Elmer Auld & Margaret Ann Auld

Spouse:

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment: Montreal, Quebec

Enlistment Date: 1939-September-22

Service

RCAF

Unit

1 ANS- Air Navigation School

Base

RCAF Trenton,Ontario

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

C/1747

Final Burial
Google MapThe People's Cemetery
Sec 1 Row 1 Plot 634

1 Air Navigation School, Trenton, Ont..

The Norseman was on a cross-country navigation flight from Trenton to give experience in practical air navigation,.

The pilot lost control of the Norseman while flying at low altitude over high ground. This was coupled by adverse weather conditions which included mist and rain. The accident is recorded as 02:30 Near Grafton, 15 miles north of Cobourg, Ontario

Killed includes Auld: F/Lt Harvey Bell Jasper pilot RCAF C/194 KIFA Woodlawn Cemetery Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. AC1 John Robert Kean WOp RCAF R/51908 KIFA Victoria Memorial Park, Windsor, Ontario. Flying Officer John Easton Pidcock nav. RCAF C/1728 KIFA Cemetery, Qu'appelle, Saskatchewan.


Accident Card - Noorduyn Norseman Mk. IVW serial:678

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1940-May-17. Norseman s/n 678.

This accident involved 4 people. Auld GE, Jasper HB, Kean JR, Pidcock JE

This accident had 4 fatalities. Flight Lieutenant Harvey Bell Jasper RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:C/194 Norseman 678, Flying Officer George Edgar Auld RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:C/1747 Norseman 678, Aircraftman 1st Class John Robert Kean RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/51908 Norseman 678, Flying Officer John Easton Pidcock RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:C/1758 Norseman 678

Unit Desciption

1 ANS (1 Air Navigation School)

Nos. 1 & 2 Air Navigation Schools offered four-week courses in astronavigation and were the last step for Air Observers.

The RAF schools, Nos. 31, 32, and 33, provided the same training as Air Observer Schools.

NO1 ANS Ansons Rivers MB

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station Trenton ON

NO1 ANS moved to Rivers Manitoba 23 November 1940

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station Rivers MB

NO 1 ANS was redesignated Central Navigation School after an amalgamation with NO 2 ANS from Pennfield Ridge, NB May 11 1942

Museum Manitoba Historical Society - 1 ANS History

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