Birth Date: 1934-August-23
Born: Newtonbrook, Ontario
Parents: Bert & Phyllis Covert of Erin, Ontario
Spouse:
Home: Newtonbrook, Ontario
Enlistment: Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment Date: 1952-August-17
Service
RCAF
Unit
36 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
RCAF Stn. Penhold, Alberta
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
206792
Newtonbrook, Ontario
Took off from Penhold in Harvard aircraft with pilot instructor Flying Officer Cooley RCAF and NATO Flt. Cadet Svend Aage Jark of Haderslav, Denmark.
Aircraft failed to return and the wreckage of it was later spotted by a following flight. It had crashed and burned.
Killed; Flying Officer Cooley was buried in Erin Cemetery as noted above. I could find no record for Flt Cadet Jark.
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.findagrave.com