Gosling, Phillip William James (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1940-December-13

Male Head

Birth Date: 1918-February-21

Born: Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada

Parents: Son of Sidney Charles Gosling and Clara May (nee Collins) Gosling, of Edmonton.

Spouse:

Home: Edmonton, Alberta

Enlistment: Edmonton, Alberta

Enlistment Date: 1940-June-03

Service

RCAF

Unit

1 (OT) SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

Camp Borden, Ontario, Canada

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

R/60714

Home

Edmonton, Alberta

Final Burial

Beechmount Cemetery
Block 208 Grave 1

1 Service Flying training School (SFTS) Camp Borden, Ontario. Nomad aircraft 3512 was flying in formation with Nomad aircraft 3521 while searching for Nomad aircraft 3502 which had crashed the previous day. The two aircraft were in a mid-air collision and both crashed into Lake Muskoka, Ontario with the loss of all four aircrew aboard

Leading Aircraftman Phillip William James Gosling (RCAF) and Sergeant Lionel Francis (RAF) were in 3512, Leading Aircraftman Theodore Scribner Bates (RCAF) and Flight Lieutenant Peter Campbell (RAF) were in 3521 were all killed in this flying accident

Camp Borden Birthplace of the RCAF by 16 Wing, Borden, Ontario, page 116

Canada Primary Source School Daily Diary Entry - 1940-12-13

Unvetted Source Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Crew or Other Personnel

Nomad (Northrop) 3512

Sergeant Lionel Francis RAF

Sergeant Francis, Lionel (RAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1940-December-13
Barrie Union Cemetery, Barrie, Ontario, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Phillip William James Gosling RCAF

Leading Aircraftman Gosling, Phillip William James (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1940-December-13
Beechmount Cemetery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Accident Card - Northrop Nomad (Northrop) serial:3512

This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1940-December-13. They are: Nomad s/n 3521, Nomad s/n 3512.

This accident involved 2 people. Bates TS, Campbell EP

This accident had 4 fatalities. Sergeant Lionel Francis RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:580278 Nomad (Northrop) 3512, Leading Aircraftman William James Phillip Gosling RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/60714 Nomad (Northrop) 3512,Leading Aircraftman Theodore Scribner Bates RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/53927 Nomad (Northrop) 3521, Flight Lieutenant Peter Campbell RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:39219 Nomad (Northrop) 3521

Mission

Nomad (Northrop) 3512

Search 1940-December-13 to 1940-December-13

1 (OT) SFTS (RCAF) Camp Borden, Ontario, Canada

1 Service Flying training School (SFTS) Camp Borden, Ontario. Nomad aircraft 3512 was flying in formation with Nomad aircraft 3521 while searching for Nomad aircraft 3502 which had become lost on a training flight and believed to have crashed the previous day. The two aircraft were involved in a mid-air collision and both crashed into Lake Muskoka, Ontario with the loss of all four aircrew aboard

Leading Aircraftman Phillip William James Gosling (RCAF) and Sergeant Lionel Francis (RAF) in 3512, Leading Aircraftman Theodore Scribner Bates (RCAF) and Flight Lieutenant Peter Campbell (RAF) in 3521, were all killed in this flying accident

Camp Borden Birthplace of the RCAF by 16 Wing, Borden, Ontario, page 116

Canada Primary Source School Daily Diary Entry - 1940-12-13

Unvetted Source Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database

Unit Desciption

1 (OT) 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