Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland.(parents)
LAC George Deans was killed flying solo in Harvard aircraft AJ651 during low-dive bombing practice hear Millhaven, ON while attempting his third dive on the target. The Drogue Operator in Towing Flight A.T.S., Leading Aircraftman H S Cole 636344, testified at the Court of Inquiry that the pupil pulled out at about 20-30 feet above the water and flattened out at about 3 feet. The aircraft then hit the water striking on its belly, nosed over and the wings flew off. Fishermen who were close to the scene recovered the body of the 20-year old pupil.
Other witnesses at the hearing were Leading Aircraftman Gerald Harris FX88412, instructor Warrant Officer H R Wadley and Flight Lieutenant M W Hicks, RCAF. Medical Officer.
Deans, George Hector Cowan (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-April-13
Birth Date: 1922
Born:
Parents: George Hector Cowan Deans & Mary Mitchell Deans
Spouse:
Home: Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland.(parents)
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RN FAA
Unit
31 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)
Base
RCAF Stn. Kingston, Ontario
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
FX88415
Harvards Above Archived Material
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.comAccident Card - North American Harvard Mk. II serial:AJ651
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-April-13. Harvard II s/n AJ651.
This accident involved 1 person. Deans GHC
This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman George Hector Cowan Deans RN FAA Killed in Flying Accident service no:FX88415 Harvard AJ651
Unit Desciption
31 SFTS (31 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.
SFTS31 Kingston ON
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