Birth Date: 1910
Born:
Parents: Charles Edward & Elsie Crake, of Coulsdon, Surrey, England.
Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
32 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)
Base
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
pilot-trainee
Service Numbers
1605361
Collided with Oxford AT450 while both aircraft were performing solo circuits. AT-458 drifted to the left while both aircraft were on final to parallel runways at Moose Jaw, striking the tail of AT450 despite the last minute evasive maneuvering of its pilot.
Investigation faulted Flying Control for firing a red flare when they detected the impending collision, instead of the required brown smoke puff.
This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1943-September-04. They are: Oxford II s/n AT458, Oxford II s/n AT450.
This accident involved 2 people. Perkins RM, Crake GG
This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman Geoffrey Guy Crake RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1605361 Oxford AT458
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 Moose Jaw see here
RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Moose Jaw SK
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Buttress SK
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Burdick SK
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Caron SK
Rosedale Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
YouTube - Abandoned Saskatchewan
Project 44 BCATP