Geggie, George Johnston (Flying Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-August-28

Flying Officer George Johnston Geggie RCAF

Birth Date: 1921-September-23

Born:

Parents: Son of Thomas P. Geggie and Sarah R. E. Geggie, of Toronto.

Spouse:

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

10 EFTS- Elementary Flying Training School

Base

Pendleton, Ontario, Canada

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/21252

Home

Toronto, Ontario

Final Burial

Prospect Cemetery
Sec 12 Lot 1506

Flying Officer G.J. Geggie was killed when his Cornell aircraft FH 920 crashed on take-off from Pendleton, cause obscure. The crash occurred at St. Jovite, Ontario and Flying Officer Lavery was seriously injured in the crash.

Canada Primary Source School Daily Diary Entry - 1944-08-28

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

www.findagrave.com

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Crew or Other Personnel

Cornell FH920

Flying Officer George Johnston Geggie RCAF

Flying Officer Geggie, George Johnston (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-August-28
Prospect Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Cornell serial: FH920

Fairchild Cornell Mk. II
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum

In early 1942, an agreement was signed between the Canadian Government and Fairchild Aircraft, which licenced Fleet Aircraft of Fort Erie, Ontario to construct the PT-26 Cornell in Canada. The first 800 Cornells used by the RCAF were supplied from Fairchild, until production commenced at Fort Erie in November 1942. By the end of the war in 1945, 2,853 Cornells had been built by Fleet - 1,565 for the RCAF and 1,288 for the RAF.

PT-26 Cornells were flown at many of the Elementary Flying Training Schools (EFTS) of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, where they replaced the Fleet Finch and the de Havilland Tiger Moth biplane trainers. After the Second World War, many Cornells were sold to the civilian market, but some were retained by the RCAF, where they were finally retired in 1948. CWPHM

YouTube Cornell Trainer

Wikipedia Cornell Trainer

unvetted Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page

Aircraft Images

Cornell FH920

Cornell Mk. I FH920

Ex USAAF PT-26, serial number 42-15399. To RCAF in Canada, retained RAF serial number.

1943-01-23 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
1944-August-28 Accident: 10 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Steast Novite Quebec Names: Geggie | Lavery
1944-09-14 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07

Unit Desciption

10 EFTS (10 Elementary Flying Training School)

An Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS) gave a trainee 50 hours of basic flying instruction on a simple trainer like the De Havilland Tiger Moth, Fleet Finch, or Fairchild Cornell over 8 weeks.Elementary schools were operated by civilian flying clubs under contract to the RCAF and most of the instructors were civilians. For example, No. 12 EFTS Goderich was run by the Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Club and the County of Huron Flying Club.The next step for a pilot was the Service Flying Training School.