Berkley, California, USA
18 Elementary Flying Training School, Boundary Bay, British Columbia. Sergeant Dawson and a student pilot were practicing starting the engine in flight and at an altitude of 5,000 feet the engine was stopped. In the subsequent dive at 1,500 feet Sergeant Dawson pulled Tiger Moth aircraft 4328 out quite steeply causing the starboard mainplane to collapse. The student bailed out to safety but Sergeant Dawson was unable to get out and was killed when the aircraft crashed at the W.O. Mitchell farm.
Dawson, Joseph (Sergeant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1941-May-09
Birth Date: 1919
Born:
Parents: Son of John Gourley Dawson and Helen Fergusson (ne Purdie) Dawson, of Berkeley, California, United States.
Spouse:
Home: Berkley, California, USA
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
18 EFTS- Elementary Flying Training School
Base
RCAF Stn. Boundary Bay, BC
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/58418
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Accident Card - de Havilland Moth, Tiger I serial:4328
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1941-May-09. Tiger Moth s/n 4328.
This accident involved 2 people. Dawson J, Mcmann SE
This accident had 1 fatality. Sergeant Joseph Dawson RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/58418 Moth, Tiger 4328
Unit Desciption
18 EFTS (18 Elementary Flying Training School)
An Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS) gave a trainee 50 hours of basic flying instruction on a simple trainer like the De Havilland Tiger Moth, Fleet Finch, or Fairchild Cornell over 8 weeks.Elementary schools were operated by civilian flying clubs under contract to the RCAF and most of the instructors were civilians. For example, No. 12 EFTS Goderich was run by the Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Club and the County of Huron Flying Club.The next step for a pilot was the Service Flying Training School.
Boundary Bay 1943
More information on RCAF Station Boundary bay can be found here
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Project 44 BCATP
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