Clark, Raymond Arthur
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-12-09
Birth Date: 1923-June-12
Born:
Percy Vincent & Emma Mary Clark, of Lincoln, England.
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RAFVR
Unit
2 FIS- Flying Instructor School
Base
Vulcan, Alberta, Canada
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Sergeant
Service Numbers
1218320
First Burial
Vulcan Cemetery, Vulcan, Alberta, Canada
Took off from 2FIS at Vulcan Alberta on a training flight
Pilot Clark was accompanied by pilot Sergeant Edward James Harris RCAF R/128563.
During the flight the aircraft hit a tree on a low-flying exercise between Vulcan and Pincher Creek Alberta, and crashed. Both occupants of the aircraft were killed.
Killed includes Clark:Sergeant Edward James Harris RCAF R/128563 pilot KIA Maple Ridge Cemetery Haney, Alberta Block 18. Lot 1. Grave 5.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.findagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)This incident involved multiple aircraft:
- Cornell Mk. I Serial: FH748
All the above aircraft in the above list are referenced in this report.
Fairchild Cornell
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
Cornell Trainer
Wikipedia Cornell Trainer 
Harold A Skaarup Web Page 2 FIS (2 Flying Instructors School)
Formed as a sub-unit of No 15 Service Flying Training School at Claresholm, Alberta on 27 April 1942
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Claresholm AB Became inactive on 29 December 1944disbanded on 20 January 1945
Project 44 BCATPCornell FH748
Cornell Mk. I FH748
Ex USAAF PT-26, serial number 42-14396. To RCAF in Canada, retained RAF serial number.1942-09-21 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
1942-December-09 Accident: 2 Flying Instructor School Loc: Pincher Creek Alberta Names: Clark | Harris
1943-03-12 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07