Henderson, Edward Guyon (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-November-24

Leading Aircraftman Edward Guyon Henderson RCAF

Birth Date: 1924-March-24

Born: Windsor Ontario

Parents: Son of Roland P. Henderson and Euphemia Henderson, of Windsor, Ontario.

Spouse:

Home: Windsor, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

6 EFTS- Elementary Flying Training School

Base

Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

R/221203

Final Burial
Google MapGrove Cemetery
Sec 14 Grave 247
6 Elementary Flying Training School, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Tiger Moth aircraft crashed. Ordered by USAAF as PT-24 42-1006; then to Lend-Lease as RAF FE142. Assigned to No. 2 Training Command (Manitoba and Saskatchewan) at time of crash. Aircraft was assigned to No. 6 Elementary Flying Training School, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Involved in a mid-air collision with Tiger Moth - 5944 on 24 November 1943 at approximately 1550 hrs, 6 miles northwest of the Prince Albert aerodrome. Category A damage to both aircraft. At the time of the collision this aircraft was being flown by Pupil pilot, Leading Aircraftman Edward Guyon Henderson and instructor, Flying Officer Ralph Nicolaus Grest. Flying Officer Grest was able to bail out but sustained serious injuries in doing so, he died on 3 December 1943. Leading Aircraftman Henderson died in the crash. Tiger Moth - 5944, was being piloted by pupil pilot, Leading Aircraftman Paul Roger McLean and instructor, Pilot Officer John Stanley Butler, both of whom died in the crash.

Accident Card - de Havilland Moth, Tiger I serial:1142

This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1943-November-24. They are: Tiger Moth s/n 1142, Tiger Moth s/n 5944.

This accident involved 4 people. Mclean PR, Grest RN, Butler JS, Henderson EG

This accident had 4 fatalities. Flying Officer Ralph Nicolaus Grest RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/23077 Moth, Tiger 1142, Leading Aircraftman Edward Guyon Henderson RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/221203 Moth, Tiger 1142,Flying Officer John Stanley Butler RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/23616 Moth, Tiger 5944, Leading Aircraftman Paul Roger McLean RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/251972 Moth, Tiger 5944

Unit Desciption

6 EFTS (6 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.
The lads of Course 98 No 6 EFTS Prince Albert 1944

Established in 1940 at the present site of Prince Albert Airport CYPA

More information on the RCAF Station at Prince Albert, SK can be found at

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Prince Albert SK

More information on relief field Hagen SK can be found at

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Hagen SK

International Bomber Command Centre ibcc - Course 98 6 EFTS Prince Albert SK

YouTube YouTube - Abandoned Saskatchewan

Project 44 BCATP

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