Corlett, Philip Duncan (Flying Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-January-07

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Birth Date: 1922

Born:

Parents: Mr. & Mrs. J. P. Corlett

Spouse:

Home: Liverpool, England (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

37 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)

Base

RCAF Stn. Calgary, Alberta

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

pilot-trainee

Service Numbers

134920

Home

Liverpool, England (parents)

Final Burial

Burnsland Cemetery
grave Lot 80 Block 8 Sec G

Took off from Calgary with pilot trainee Leading Aircraftman Alfred Leder in Harvard Mk II AJ-953 on a routine training flight.

During the flight it collided with Harvard AJ-912 piloted by Flying Officer Geoffrey Addison Clegg. Both aircraft crashed, no survivors.

Killed: Flying Officer Philip Duncan Corlett RAF KIFA Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary Lot 80. Block 8. Sec. G. LAC Alfred Leder RAF KIFA Calgary Jewish Cemetery Block 10. Plot 36. Flying Officer Geoffrey Addison Clegg RAF KIFA Ottawa Memorial Panel 2. Column 2.

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Crew or Other Personnel

Harvard AJ953

Flying Officer Philip Duncan Corlett RAFVR

Flying Officer Corlett, Philip Duncan (RAFVR)
pilot-trainee
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-January-07
Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Alfred Leder RAFVR

Leading Aircraftman Leder, Alfred (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-January-07
Calgary Jewish Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk. II serial:AJ953

This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1943-January-07. They are: Harvard II s/n AJ953, Harvard II s/n AJ912.

This accident involved 3 people. Corlett PD, Leder A, Mcauley DA

This accident had 3 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman David Alexander McAuley RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1482473 Harvard AJ912,Leading Aircraftman Alfred Leder RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1397463 Harvard AJ953, Flying Officer Philip Duncan Corlett RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:134920 Harvard AJ953

Unit Desciption

37 SFTS (37 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.

Air Navigation Chart Calgary 1944

Noteable RAF Instructor pilots based at No. 37 SFTS during the war, was F/O Peter Middleton, the grandfather of Catherine Middleton who is now the Duchess of Cambridge and the wife of Prince William.

For More Information on RCAF Station Calgary see here

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