Birth Date: 1918-October-06
Born: Calgary Alberta
Parents: Harry and Alexandria Margaret Barr
Spouse:
Home: Edmonton, Alberta (parents)
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
1 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
RCAF Stn.Borden, Ontario
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/50990
School Daily Diary Entry - 1940-10-06
School Daily Diary Entry - Advanced Training Squadron - 1940-10-06
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1940-October-06. Harvard I s/n 1334.
This accident involved 2 people. Barr TA, Frymark EA
This accident had 2 fatalities. Aircraftman 2st Class Eugene Aloysius Frymark RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/54374 Harvard 1334, Leading Aircraftman Thomas Archibald Barr RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/50990 Harvard 1334
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.
Currently the site of CFB Borden. Heliport and grass strip remains. CYBN
For more Information on RCAF Station Borden see here
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Borden Ontario
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Edenvale Ontario
Edmonton, Alberta (parents)
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Camp Borden History
YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of Democracy