Sussex, New Brunswick
2 Wireless School, Calgary, Alberta. Sergeant Donnachie and Pilot Officer I. Scheelar were both killed when Yale aircraft 3346 crashed at Airdrie, Alberta.
Donnachie, Thomas (Sergeant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1944-May-12
Birth Date: 1924-November-04
Born: Ayr, Scotland
Parents: Thomas R. Donnachie and Elizabeth C. Donnachie, of Sussex.
Spouse:
Home: Sussex, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
2 WS- Wireless School
Base
RCAF Stn. Calgary, Alberta
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/190323
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
Accident Card - North American Yale serial:3346
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-May-12. Yale s/n 3346.
This accident involved 2 people. Donnachie T, Scheelar IT
This accident had 2 fatalities. Sergeant Thomas Donnachie RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/190323 Yale 3346, Pilot Officer Irvin Trevor Scheelar RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/38913 Yale 3346
Unit Desciption
2 WS (2 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.
NO2 WS Calgary Mascot
NO2 WS July 1945
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Calgary AB - 2 WS
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