Coffin, Stewart Alexander (Flying Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-April-02

Flying Officer Stewart Alexander Coffin RCAF

Birth Date: 1917-May-30

Born: Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada

Parents: Dr Ernest William Coffin & Susan Marguerite (nee Baillie) Coffin

Spouse: Husband of Elizabeth (nee Entwistle) Coffin of Montreal, Quebec

Home: Montreal, Quebec

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

10 (OT) BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School

Base

RCAF Station Mount Pleasant

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/24581

Home
Google MapMontreal, Quebec
Final Burial
Google MapBurnsland Cemetery
Lot 83 Block 9 Section G

10 Bombing and Gunnery School, RCAF Station Mount Pleasant, Prince Edward Island. Bolingbroke IVT aircraft 9952 was being piloted by Flying Officer S A Coffin (RCAF) when it was observed to be flying at a very low altitude. The aircraft disappeared behind some trees, crashed and burned one and one half miles north-west of the aerodrome at Mount Pleasant. Coffin was the sole occupant aboard the aircraft when he was killed in this flying accident

Killed: Flying Officer Stewart Alexander Coffin RCAF J/24581 pilot KIFA Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary Alta. Lot 83. Block 9. Sec. G.

link,canadaprimary,https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c12335/1058,School Daily Diary Entry â€ââ"šÂ¬Ã…" 1944-04-02

Unvetted Source Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Accident Card - Bristol Bolingbroke Mk. IVT serial:9952

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-April-02. Bolingbroke s/n 9952.

This accident involved 1 person. Coffin SA

This accident had 1 fatality. Flying Officer Stewart Alexander Coffin RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/24581 Bolingbroke 9952

Unit Desciption

10 (OT) BGS (10 Bomb and Gunnery School)

The Bombing and Gunnery School (B&GS) offered instruction in the techniques of bomb aiming and aerial machine gunnery to Air Observers, Bomb Aimers, and Wireless Air Gunners. These schools required large areas to accommodate their bombing and gunnery ranges, and were often located near water. The Avro Anson, Fairey Battle, Bristol Bolingbroke, and Westland Lysander were the standard aircraft used at B&GS schools.
NO10 BGS Mount Pleasant PEI

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station Mount Pleasant PEI

No 10 BGS History University Of PEI

Unvetted Source University Of PEI - 10 BGS History

Project 44 BCATP

Unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

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