Cromack, Hubert Cecil (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-October-12

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Birth Date: 1912

Born:

Parents: Capt. Ernest Cromack and Mrs. Cromack, of Scarborough, Yorkshire, England.

Spouse:

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

37 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)

Base

RCAF Stn. Calgary, Alberta

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Service Numbers

1125880

Final Burial

Burnsland Cemetery
Lot 45 Block 8 Sec G

Took off from Calgary in Harvard AJ-854 and was in mid-air collision with AJ-898. The three occupants were killed near Airdrie. Alberta.

Killed in AJ-854: Flying Officer Anthony Irving Phelps, instructor pilot, RCAF KIFA LAC Hubert Cecil Cromack RCAF pilot trainee KIFA

Killed in AJ-898: F/Lt Robert Julius Warner RCAF pilot KIFA.

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Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk. II serial:AJ854

This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1942-October-12. They are: Harvard II s/n AJ898, Harvard II s/n AJ854.

This accident involved 3 people. Cromack HC, Phelps AI, Warner RF

This accident had 4 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Hubert Cecil Cromack RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1125880 Harvard AJ854,Aircraftman 2nd Class Rowland Albert Urie RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/187602 Harvard AJ898, Flight Lieutenant Robert Julius Warner RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:77954 Harvard AJ898, Flying Officer Anthony Irving Phelps RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:103007 Harvard AJ898

Unit Desciption

37 SFTS (37 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.

Air Navigation Chart Calgary 1944

Noteable RAF Instructor pilots based at No. 37 SFTS during the war, was F/O Peter Middleton, the grandfather of Catherine Middleton who is now the Duchess of Cambridge and the wife of Prince William.

For More Information on RCAF Station Calgary see here

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