Birth Date: 1914-February-16
Born:
Parents: Annah S. Corbett, (mother) of Fredericton.
Spouse:
Home: Fredericton, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
1 ANS- Air Navigation School
Base
RCAF Stn. Trenton, Ontario
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
C/897
1 Air Navigation School, Trenton, Ontario.
P/Os Corbett and G.J. Olstead were on a navigation exercise and were both killed when Fairey Battle aircraft 1304 crashed into Sharbot Lake four miles north-west of Snow Road, Ontario.
Killed: Pilot Officer George James Olstead RCAF C/862 KIFA Riverside Cemetery Neepawa, Manitoba, Lot 1. Block 5. Range 10. Pilot Officer Horace Kenneth Corbett RCAF C/897 KIFA Sunnybank Cemetery, South Devon NB, family plot.
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1939-October-14. Fairey Battle s/n 1304.
This accident involved 2 people. Corbett HK, Oldstead GJ
This accident had 2 fatalities. Pilot Officer Horace Kenneth Corbett RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:C/897 Battle 1304, Pilot Officer George James Olstead RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:C/862 Battle 1304
Nos. 1 & 2 Air Navigation Schools offered four-week courses in astronavigation and were the last step for Air Observers.
The RAF schools, Nos. 31, 32, and 33, provided the same training as Air Observer Schools.
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Trenton ON
NO1 ANS moved to Rivers Manitoba 23 November 1940
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Rivers MB
NO 1 ANS was redesignated Central Navigation School after an amalgamation with NO 2 ANS from Pennfield Ridge, NB May 11 1942
Project 44 BCATP
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
Manitoba Historical Society - 1 ANS History
Project 44 BCATP
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