Barrie Union Cemetery
At approximately 1000 hours Harvard - FE765 nosed into the ground and burned. Pilot Officer Gore was killed on impact and Leading Aircraftman Myers lived for about 5 hours after the crash. A neighbouring farmer, Mr Lewis Atkinson, ran through bush and snow for over a mile and bravely attempted to rescue Leading Aircraftman Myers.
Gore, John Arran (Flying Officer)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-November-28
Birth Date: 1923
Born:
Parents: Son of Arthur Charles Montague and Ethel May Aynan Gore, of Carlton, New South Wales, Australia.
Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAAF
Unit
1 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Camp Borden, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
422641
School Daily Diary Entry - 1943-11-28
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Harvard FE765
Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk. IIB serial:FE765
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-November-28. Harvard IIB s/n FE765.
This accident involved 2 people. Gore JA, Myers RE
This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Richard Herrick Myers RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1809379 Harvard FE765, Flying Officer John Arran Gore RAAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:422641 Harvard FE765
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
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Camp Borden History
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