Coyle, Francis Philip (Flying Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1956-May-18

Flying Officer Francis Philip Coyle RCAF

Birth Date: 1929-October-15

Born: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Parents: James & Martina Coyle

Spouse: Lillian (nee Collins) of Winnipeg, Manitoba

Home: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (parents)

Enlistment: Summerside, Prince Edward Island

Enlistment Date: 1953-October-02

Service

RCAF

Unit

2 AOS- Air Observer School

Base

RCAF Stn. Winnipeg, Manitoba

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

216447

Home

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (parents)

Final Burial

St Peters Road Cemetery
Row N-E Corner Plot 890 Grave 1

!956-05-18:Two RCAF Beechcraft Expeditors (1483 and 1491) collided and crashed at Winnipeg Manitoba.

Killed includes Coyle: Pilot Officer Brian Cox, RCAF KIFA Flying Officer John Terrance King, RCAF KIFA Pine Hills Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Warriors Plot. Sec K. Grave 1919. Flying Officer Anthony George Mulholland, RCAF KIFA Flt Cdt Joseph Jacques Richard Ovide Plourde, RCAF KIFA Baron De Hirsch Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec - Grave 2269; Plot 3412; Section M3412.

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Flying Officer Francis Philip Coyle RCAF

Flying Officer Coyle, Francis Philip (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1956-May-18
St Peters Road Cemetery, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Flying Officer John Terrance King RCAF

Flying Officer King, John Terrance (RCAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1956-May-18
Pine Hills Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Flight Cadet Joseph Jacques Richard Ovide Plourde RCAF

Flight Cadet Plourde, Joseph Jacques Richard Ovide (RCAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1956-May-18
Baron De Hirsch Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Unit Desciption

2 AOS (2 Air Observer School)

Air Observers were later called "navigators". For recruits in this stream, the training path after ITS was 8 weeks at an Air Observer School (AOS), 1 month at a Bombing & Gunnery School, and finally 1 month at a Navigation School. The Air Observer schools were operated by civilians under contract to the RCAF. For example, Nos. 7, 8, and 9 were run by CP Airlines. However, the instructors were RCAF. The basic navigation techniques throughout the war years were dead reckoning and visual pilotage, and the tools were the aeronautical chart, magnetic compass, watch, trip log, pencil, Douglas protractor, and Dalton Navigational Computer. They trained in the Avro Anson.