Vancouver, British Columbia (parents)
Cessna Crane aircraft 8079 was in a mid-air collision during a formation flying exercise. Leading Aircraftman Devries was killed when 8079 crashed at Horsehoe Lake, Saskatchewan.
Devries, James Paul (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-August-30
Birth Date: 1920-May-28
Born:
Parents: Kornelius G. Devries & Edith E. Devries
Spouse:
Home: Vancouver, British Columbia (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/116083
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Accident Card - Cessna Crane Mk. I serial:8079
This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1942-August-30. They are: Cessna Crane s/n 8025, Cessna Crane s/n 8079.
This accident involved 3 people. Devries JP, Giles LE, Tietjens SM
This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman James Paul Devries RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/116083 Crane 8079
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.
NO11 SFTS Opening Day 1941
For more Information on RCAF Station Yorkton see here
RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Yorkton SK
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Sturdee SK
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Rhein SK
11 SFTS Yorkton SK History
Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial - 11 SFTS Yorkton History
Vintage Wings - Ghosts of Saskatchewan
YouTube - Abandoned Saskatchewan