Cooper, Colin Thomas (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-March-23

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Birth Date: 1919

Born:

Parents: Thomas Seymour Cooper & Beatrice Cooper

Spouse:

Home: Southgate, Middlesex, England (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

34 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)

Base

RCAF Stn. Medicine Hat, Alberta

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Service Numbers

1395603

Home

Southgate, Middlesex, England (parents)

Final Burial

Hillside Cemetery
grave Lot 3 Block 139D Sec C

1943-03-23: Took off in Anson Mk II on a routine training flight.

Force landed due to fumes in the cockpit. The accumulator was changed and they took off again. At 15:10, while engaged in unauthorized low flying over the town of Rose Lynn, the Anson hit the roof of a building, crashed, caught fire and burned out.

Killed includes Cooper: Pilot Officer Andrew William Joseph Grellis RAF pilot instructor KIFA Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Lot 6. Block 139D. Sec. C. LAC Dennis Gerard DeGryse RAF student pilot KIFA Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat Lot 3. Block 139D. Sec. C. LAC Andrew Thomas Kidd RAF student pilot, KIFA Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat Lot 6. Block 139D. Sec. C. LAC Peter David Sim Moodie RAF passenger KIFA died 1943-03-24 Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Lot 6. Block 139D. Sec. C.

link,canadaprimary,https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c12355/329,School Daily Diary Entry Ã¢â‚¬" 1943-03-22

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Crew or Other Personnel

Anson 8262

Leading Aircraftman Colin Thomas Cooper RAFVR

Leading Aircraftman Cooper, Colin Thomas (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-March-23
Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Dennis Gerard DeGryse RAFVR

Leading Aircraftman DeGryse, Dennis Gerard (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-March-23
Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Pilot Officer Andrew William Joseph Grellis RAFVR

Pilot Officer Grellis, Andrew William Joseph (RAFVR)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-March-23
Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Andrew Thomas Kidd RAFVR

Leading Aircraftman Kidd, Andrew Thomas (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-March-23
Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Peter David Sim Moodie RAFVR

Leading Aircraftman Moodie, Peter David Sim (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-March-23
Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. II serial:8262

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-March-23. Anson II s/n 8262.

This accident involved 5 people. Cooper CT, Degryse DG, Grellis AWJ, Kidd A, Moodie FDS

This accident had 5 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Dennis Gerard DeGryse RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:971055 Anson 8262, Leading Aircraftman Colin Thomas Cooper RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1395603 Anson 8262, Pilot Officer Andrew William Joseph Grellis RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:133629 Anson 8262, Leading Aircraftman Peter David Sim Moodie RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1578070 Anson 8262, Leading Aircraftman Andrew Thomas Kidd RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1063095 Anson 8262

Unit Desciption

34 SFTS (34 Service Flying Training School)

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.