Creber, Robert Thomas (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-July-05

Leading Aircraftman Robert Thomas Creber RCAF

Birth Date: 1921-March-06

Born: Newdale Manitoba

Parents: Thomas Henry & Martha Greta Creber

Spouse:

Home: Newdale, Manitoba (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

11 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

RCAF Stn. Yorkton, Saskatchewan

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

R/162342

Home

Newdale, Manitoba (parents)

Final Burial

Newdale Cemetery
Family Plot

Took off (solo) from Yorkton on a night navigation exercise.

Involved in a mid-air collision with Cessna Crane 7742 which was on a similar exercise.

Both aircraft crashed to the ground three miles east of Mehan, Saskatchewan. Leading Aircraftman Creber was killed in aircraft 4000 and Leading Aircraftman J Zora was killed in aircraft 7742.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Accident Card - Cessna Crane Mk. I serial:4000

This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1943-July-05. They are: Cessna Crane I s/n 7742, Cessna Crane I s/n 4000.

This accident involved 2 people. Zora JE, Creber RT

This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman John Elias Zora RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/176365 Crane 7742,Leading Aircraftman Robert Thomas Creber RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/162342 Crane 4000

Unit Desciption

11 SFTS (11 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.