Gilmour, Richard George (Flying Officer)
Killed in Flying Accident 1944-February-17
Birth Date: 1921-February-23
Born: Grizzly Bear/Belloy, Alberta, Canada
Parents: Son of Cephan David Gilmour and Irene (nee Hinder) Gilmour, of Hythe, Alberta
Spouse:
Home: Hythe, Alberta
Enlistment: Edmonton, Alberta
Enlistment Date: 1941-August
Service
RCAF
Unit
36 (OT) OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF)
Base
RCAF Station Greenwood, Nova Scotia
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/12225
Prev: R/121604
Hythe, Alberta
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Crew or Other Personnel
Mosquito KB109
Accident Card - de Havilland Mosquito B.Mk. XX serial:KB109
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-February-17. Mosquito BXX s/n KB109.
This accident involved 2 people. Gilmour RG, Teer LH
This accident had 2 fatalities. Pilot Officer Leonard Herbert Teer RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:154644 Mosquito KB109, Flying Officer Richard George Gilmour RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/12225 Mosquito KB109
Mission
Mosquito B.Mk. XX KB109
Operational 1944-February-17 to 1944-February-17
36 (OT) OTU (RCAF) RCAF Station Greenwood, Nova Scotia
36 Operational Training Unit, RCAF Station Greenwood, Nova Scotia. Canadian-built Mosquito aircraft KB 109 broke up in mid-air during a six-plane formation flying training exercise and crashed one mile west of Auburn, Nova Scotia.
Pilot, Flying Officer Richard George Gilmour (RCAF) and Navigator, Pilot Officer Leonard Herbert Teer (RAFVR) were both killed in this flying accident
Flying Officer Gilmour had thirty three flying hours on Mosquito aircraft at the time of this accident. The Accident Investigation concluded that the most likely cause of the crash was structural failure due to excessive speed in a dive
Quietus Last Flight, Accident Proneness in WWII, Wartime Aviation Stories on the Canadian Home Front by Anne Gafiuk, Chapter 12
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
Roll of Honour (Training Casualties) - No 36 Operational Training Unit...
Royal Canadian Air Force operations record book... - Image 1244 - Heritage
Unit Desciption
36 (OT) OTU (36 Operational Training Unit)
The Operational Training Unit (OTU) was the last stop for aircrew trainees. They spent 8 to 14 weeks learning to fly operational aircraft (Hawker Hurricane or Fairey Swordfish, e.g.). The instructors had experience in actual operations, and often were posted to OTUs after their operational tour.
More information on the Air Force Station at Greenwood, Nova Scotia can be found at:
RCAF.info - Greenwood, Nova Scotia
Greenwod Military Aviation Museum Video History Of Greenwood
YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of DemocracyMosquito KB109 B.Mk. XX - Operational - 1944-02-17 to 1944-02-17
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36 Operational Training Unit, RCAF Station Greenwood, Nova Scotia. Canadian-built Mosquito aircraft KB 109 broke up in mid-air during a six-plane formation flying training exercise and crashed one mile west of Auburn, Nova Scotia.
Pilot, Flying Officer Richard George Gilmour (RCAF) and Navigator, Pilot Officer Leonard Herbert Teer (RAFVR) were both killed in this flying accident
Flying Officer Gilmour had thirty three flying hours on Mosquito aircraft at the time of this accident. The Accident Investigation concluded that the most likely cause of the crash was structural failure due to excessive speed in a dive
Quietus Last Flight, Accident Proneness in WWII, Wartime Aviation Stories on the Canadian Home Front by Anne Gafiuk, Chapter 12
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
Roll of Honour (Training Casualties) - No 36 Operational Training Unit...
Royal Canadian Air Force operations record book... - Image 1244 - Heritage