Birth Date: 1920-December-22
Born:
Parents: Jean Rene & Germaine Courteau
Spouse: Blanche Courteau, of Maple Grove.
Home: Montreal, Quebec (parents)
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
13 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
RCAF Stn St Hubert, Quebec
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/27248
Pilot Officer Corteau and Leading Aircraftman Weegar were on a cross-country navigation training exercise and were killed when Harvard aircraft 2824 crashed seven miles north of Louisville, Quebec.
Killed: LAC Carl Mackenzie Weegar RCAF KIFA Terrace Lawn Cemetery, North Bay, Ontario, Block 2. Plot 440. Grave 7.
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-November-01. Harvard II s/n 2824.
This accident involved 2 people. Courteau JL, Weegar CM
This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Carl Mackenzie Weegar RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/188389 Harvard 2824, Pilot Officer Jean Louis de Gonzaque Courteau RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/27248 Harvard 2824
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.
For More Information on RCAF Station St. Hubert see here
RCAF.info - RCAF Station St Hubert QC
13 SFTC Story of Multiple Harvard Accident 1942-06-16
13 SFTS moved to North Battleford Saskatchewan in February 1944
For More Information on RCAF Station North Battleford see here
RCAF.info - RCAF Station North Battleford SK
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Hamlin SK
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Brada SK
Brada Relief Field - Air Force Ghosts
Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial - Base History
Montreal, Quebec (parents)
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
YouTube - Abandoned Saskatchewan