Birth Date: 1919-May-09
Born: Wichita, Kansas
Parents: Ira S. & Bertha E. Chace
Spouse:
Home: Wichita, Kansas USA (parents)
Enlistment: Windsor, Ontario
Enlistment Date: 1940-August-29
Service
RCAF
Unit
3 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
RCAF Base Calgary, Alberta
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/67694
Anson aircraft W1610 (6200) while on a training flight, crashed eight miles west of Cochrane. Alberta after it hit a woven steel cable across the Bow River.
Killed: LAC Q B Chace RCAF USA KITA just before graduation. Sergeant A E Regimbal RCAF KITA.
A memorial cairn has been erected eight miles west of Cochrane on the Banff highway. Anson W-1610 was delivered to the RCAF 1940-11-16 as 6200.
This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1941-February-17. They are: Anson s/n 6200, Anson s/n 6200 (formerly W1610).
This accident involved 2 people. Chace QB, Regimbal AE
This accident had 4 fatalities. Sergeant Alfred Emile Regimbal RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/56882 Anson 6200, Sergeant Alfred Emile Regimbal RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/56882 Anson 6200, Leading Aircraftman Quenton Burl Chace RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/67694 Anson 6200, Leading Aircraftman Quenton Burl Chace RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/67694 Anson 6200
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.
For More Information on RCAF Station Calgary see here
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Currie, Calgary Alberta
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Shepard Alberta
Bomber Command Museum of Canada
Wichita, Kansas USA (parents)
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
3 SFTS Blog
YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of Democracy