Waterloo, Iowa, USA
LAC Foster was engaged in low level formation flying when his Harvard aircraft 3176 side slipped during a steep turn and the wing came in contact with the water. He was killed when the aircraft crashed in Georgian Bay off Hope Island, Ontario.
Foster, Robert Richard (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-April-13
Birth Date: 1920-December-04
Born: Waterloo, Iowa
Parents: Son of William O. and Mary A. Foster, of Mason City.
Spouse:
Home: Waterloo, Iowa, USA
Enlistment: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment Date: 1941-June-25
Service
RCAF
Unit
1 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Camp Borden, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/110870
School Daily Diary Entry - 1942-04-13
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.comAccident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:3176
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-April-13. Harvard s/n 3176.
This accident involved 1 person. Foster RH
This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman Robert Richard Foster RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/110870 Harvard 3176
Unit Desciption
1 SFTS (1 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.
Currently the site of CFB Borden. Heliport and grass strip remains. CYBN
Camp Borden Class 1917
For more Information on RCAF Station Borden see here
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Borden Ontario
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Edenvale Ontario
Camp Borden History
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