Meaford, Ontario
13 Elementary Flying Training School, St Eugene, Ontario. Leading Aircraftman Gibson was on a cross- country training flight to St Johns, Quebec and was killed when Fleet Finch aircraft 4539 crashed at the Rigaud Mountain, cause obscure.
Gibson, Gordon Henry (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-June-07
Birth Date: 1920-March-03
Born:
Parents: Son of William A. Gibson and Ella Gibson; brother of Edna Pearl Ferguson, of Meaford.
Spouse:
Home: Meaford, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
13 EFTS- Elementary Flying Training School
Base
St Eugene, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/136250
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Accident Card - Fleet Finch Finch II serial:4539
This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1942-June-07. They are: Fleet Finch II s/n 4539, Fleet Finch II s/n 4667.
This accident involved 2 people. Gibson GH, Slauenwhite MA
This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Mervyn Alva Slauenwhite RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/124898 Finch 4667,Leading Aircraftman Gordon Henry Gibson RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/136250 Finch 4539
Unit Desciption
13 EFTS (13 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.
St Eugene EFTS13
More information on RCAF Station St Eugene can be found here
RCAF.info - RCAF Station St Eugene Ontario
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Hawkesbury Ontario
Notable students from 13 ETFS Wing Commander Fred Jones
Vintage Wings - Wing Commander Fred Jones and his connection to the Poem High Flight
Project 44 BCATP
YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of Democracy