Doerksen, Kenneth Oliver (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1957-March-01

Leading Aircraftman Kenneth Oliver Doerksen RCAF

Birth Date: 1933-September-23

Born: Nelson, British Columbia

Parents: Son of John and Margaret Helen (nee McColm) Doerksen of Nelson, British Columbia. Brother of Marjorie Kosiansic.

Spouse:

Home: Nelson, British Columbia

Enlistment: Lethbridge, Alberta

Enlistment Date: 1953-February-24

Service

RCAF

Unit

CEPE- Central Experimental & Proving Establishment
Exporto Crede

Base

RCAF Station Fort Churchill, Manitoba

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Service Numbers

208646

Home
Google MapNelson, British Columbia
Final Burial
Google MapNelson Memorial Park
Row H Soldiers Plot Grave 194

Crew or Other Personnel

Mitchell 5215

Leading Aircraftman Kenneth Oliver Doerksen RCAF

Leading Aircraftman Doerksen, Kenneth Oliver (RCAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1957-March-01
Nelson Memorial Park, Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

Wing Commander James Garvin Easson RCAF

Wing Commander Easson, James Garvin (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1957-March-01
Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Corporal Ronald Wesley Faulkner RCAF

Corporal Faulkner, Ronald Wesley (RCAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1957-March-01
Notre Dame Roman Catholic Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Joseph Maurice Gauthier RCAF

Leading Aircraftman Gauthier, Joseph Maurice (RCAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1957-March-01
St Bernardin Roman Catholic Cemetery, Waterloo, Quebec, Canada

Wing Commander Walter Sherwood Johnson RCAF

Wing Commander Johnson, Walter Sherwood (RCAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1957-March-01
Bayside Whites Cemetery, Trenton, Ontario, Canada

Flight Lieutenant John Douglas Mawson RCAF

Flight Lieutenant Mawson, John Douglas (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1957-March-01
St Mary's Cemetery, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Air Vice Marshal Robert Campbell Ripley RCAF

Air Vice Marshal Ripley, Robert Campbell (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1957-March-01
Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Lieutenant-Commander Henry Forbes Utting RCN

Lieutenant-Commander Utting, Henry Forbes (RCN)

Killed in Flying Accident
1957-March-01
Woodstock Anglican Cemetery, Woodstock, Ontario, Canada

Unit Desciption

CEPE Exporto Crede (Central Experimental and Proving Establishment)

Museum Archives Association of Ontario

From the formation of the Air Board and the Canadian Air Force, test and development work was carried on at Ottawa Air Station (at Rockcliffe and Shirley's Bay). By 1930, a special Test Flight was established at Rockcliffe. Its purpose was to carry out investigations pertaining to flight testing, electronics, gunnery, navigation, and any aeronautical work that affected training. Due to the war, the demands for test flying for research and experiment increased and, as a result, the Test Flight was reorganized into the RCAF Test and Development Establishment in November 1940 and in 1946, its changed name to Experimental and Proving Establishment. Other experimental units such has the Winter Experimental Establishment were formed during and after the war. It was decided to centralize the control of their activities in one organization. On 1 September 1951 the Central Experimental and Proving Establishment was formed by the amalgamation of the E&PE at Rockciffe, the Winter Experimental Establishment at Edmonton, and the RCAF (National Research Council) Unit at Arnprior. Headquarters of CE&PE were at Rockcliffe, with detachments at several sites across Canada. In 1957 CE&PE was moved to RCAF Station Uplands, a move necessitated by the longer runways required for testing new jet aircraft.