Creed, Ernest Edward (Flying Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1941-August-06

Flying Officer Ernest Edward Creed RCAF

Birth Date: 1915-August-17

Born:

Parents: Fred H. Creed & Mary L. Creed

Spouse:

Home: Roseland, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

9 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

RCAF Stn. Summerside, PEI

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

C/1457

Home

Roseland, Ontario (parents)

Final Burial

Victoria Memorial Park
Sec 279 Block 1 Grave 1

Took off from Summerside on a cross-country training flight.

Harvard 2863 went into a spin at 2,000 feet, failed to recover and crashed near Havelock, New Brunswick.

Killed: Flying Officer Ernest Edward Creed RCAF C/1457 pilot Instructor KIFA Victoria Memorial Park, Windsor, Ontario, Sec. 279. Block 1. Grave 1. LAC Kenneth Payne Bissett RCAF R/62906 pilot trainee KIFA Campbellton Rural Cemetery, Campbellton, New Brunswick Lot 361.

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)

Crew or Other Personnel

Harvard 2863

Leading Aircraftman Kenneth Payne Bissett RCAF

Leading Aircraftman Bissett, Kenneth Payne (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1941-August-06
Campbellton Rural Cemetery, Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada

Flying Officer Ernest Edward Creed RCAF

Flying Officer Creed, Ernest Edward (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1941-August-06
Victoria Memorial Park, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:2863

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1941-August-06. Harvard s/n 2863.

This accident involved 2 people. Bissett KP, Creed EE

This accident had 2 fatalities. Flying Officer Ernest Edward Creed RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:C/1457 Harvard 2863, Leading Aircraftman Kenneth Payne Bissett RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/62906 Harvard 2863

Unit Desciption

9 SFTS (9 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.