Lindsay, Ontario
Both Warrant Officer Burns and Flying Officer W.B. Frederick were killed when their Harvard aircraft FE 943 crashed into the ice of Little Lake, Ontario at an angle of 45 degrees and at a speed in excess of 200 mph.
Frederick, William Bruce (Flying Officer)
Killed in Flying Accident 1944-February-19
Birth Date: 1917
Born:
Parents: Son of Aylmer B. Frederick and Jean Frederick of Lindsay.
Spouse: Husband of Helen A. Frederick of Lindsay.
Home: Lindsay, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
1 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
RCAF Stn. Borden, Ontario
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/12873
School Daily Diary Entry - 1944-02-19
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Harvard FE943
Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk. IIB serial:FE943
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-February-19. Harvard IIB s/n FE943.
This accident involved 2 people. Burns JW, Frederick WB
This accident had 2 fatalities. Flying Officer William Bruce Frederick RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/12873 Harvard FE943, Warrant Officer 2 John William Burns RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/100937 Harvard FE943
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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