Edmonton, Alberta (parent)
LAC Cabush and Pilot Officer J.S. Bladon were both killed flying Cessna Crane 8008 aircraft in bad weather. The aircraft dove into the ground and burned two and one half miles west of Dauphin.
Cabush, Gordon Harold (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-July-24
Birth Date: 1920-September-21
Born: Edmonton Alberta
Parents: Julius & Carrie Cabush
Spouse:
Home: Edmonton, Alberta (parent)
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
10 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/121935
School Daily Diary Entry - 1942-07-24
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Crane 8008
Accident Card - Cessna Crane Mk. I serial:8008
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-July-24. Cessna Crane s/n 8008.
This accident involved 2 people. Bladon JS, Cabush GH
This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Gordon Harold Cabush RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/121935 Crane 8008, Pilot Officer James Stanley Bladon RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/11016 Crane 8008
Unit Desciption
10 SFTS (10 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.
No10 SFTS Dauphin
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