Toronto, Ontario
13 Service Flying Training School, North Battleford, Saskatchewan. FS Douglas and Leading Aircraftman P.J. Haley (RAAF) were engaged in a low-level cross-country training exercise and were killed when Harvard aircraft 2699 crashed near Tramping Lake, Saskatchewan.
Douglas, John David Macullough (Flight Sergeant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1945-February-12
Birth Date: 1923
Born:
Parents: Adam R. Douglas and Christine Douglas, of Toronto, Ontario.
Spouse:
Home: Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
13 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
RCAF Stn. North Battleford, Saskatchewan
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/199415
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Harvard 2699
Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:2699
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1945-February-12. Harvard II s/n 2699.
This accident involved 2 people. Douglas JD, Haley PJ
This accident had 2 fatalities. Flight Sergeant John David Macullough Douglas RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/199415 Harvard 2699, Leading Aircraftman Peter John Haley RAAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:438006 Harvard 2699
Unit Desciption
13 SFTS (13 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.
Class NO13 EFTS
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