Lansing, Ontario
Harvard aircraft 3045 crashed on May 9, 1943 at Brentwood, Ontario after Leading Aircraftman Dewar pulled up from air-to-ground armament practise. He died of his injuries on May 16 while in the Military Hospital at Camp Borden.
Dewar, Kenneth Barrie (Sergeant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-May-09
Birth Date: 1922
Born:
Parents: Theodore & Bella M. Dewar, Finch Ontario
Spouse:
Home: Lansing, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
1 WS- Wireless School
Base
RCAF Stn. Hamilton, Ontario
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Pilot trainee
Service Numbers
R/125448
School Daily Diary Entry - 1943-05-09
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
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Finadagrave.comAccident Card - North American Harvard Mk.IIB serial:3045
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-May-09. Harvard II s/n 3045.
This accident involved 1 person. Dewar KB
This accident had 1 fatality. Sergeant Kenneth Barrie Dewar RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/125448 Harvard 3045
Unit Desciption
1 WS (1 Wireless School)
Trainees in the "Wireless Air Gunner" (WAG) stream spent 24 weeks at a Wireless Schoo learning the theory and application of wireless communications. This included signalling with lights and flags as well as radio. Their "WAG" training was completed with four weeks at a Bombing & Gunnery School.
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