Birth Date: 1913-November-16
Born:
Parents: John J. L. Clarke & Ethel Clarke, of Vancouver
Spouse: Esme Josephine Clarke, of Vancouver.
Home: Whytecliffe, British Columbia
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
3 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
RCAF Stn. Calgary, Alberta
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/106996
LAC Clarke and Leading Aircraftman L.T. Loton (RAAF) were engaged in instrument flying training when their Cessna Crane aircraft 8169 went into a vertical dive and crashed ten miles north of Cochrane, Alberta, both airmen were killed.
Killed includes Clarke: LAC Leslie Tate Loton RAAF KIFA Burnsland Cemetery Calgary Lot 91. Block 7. Sec. G.
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-March-03. Cessna Crane s/n 8169.
This accident involved 2 people. Clarke JL, Loton LT
This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman John Lionel Clarke RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/106996 Crane 8169, Leading Aircraftman Leslie Tate Loton RAAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:412158 Crane 8169
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
Whytecliffe, British Columbia
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
3 SFTS Blog
YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of Democracy