Hickey, Lawrence Francis (Flight Lieutenant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-August-02

Flight Lieutenant Lawrence Francis Hickey RCAF

Birth Date: 1919

Born:

Parents: Son of Thomas F. Hickey and Katie F. Hickey, of Summerland; husband of Grace Joan Hickey, of Moncton, New Brunswick.

Spouse: Husband of Grace Joan Hickey, of Moncton, New Brunswick.

Home: Surnmerland, British Columbia

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

13 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada

Rank

Flight Lieutenant

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/10966

Home

Surnmerland, British Columbia

Final Burial

St Stephen's Anglican Cemetery
Lot 3 Block 6 Range 2

13 Service Flying Training School, North Battleford, Saskatchewan. Flight Lieutenant Hickey and Leading Aircraftman D.T. Higgins were engaged in a Wings Test and were killed when their Harvard aircraft AJ 800 hit the ridge of a hill, flipped upside down and burned eight miles north-west of the aerodrome at North Battleford.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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

Crew or Other Personnel

Harvard AJ800

Flight Lieutenant Lawrence Francis Hickey RCAF

Flight Lieutenant Hickey, Lawrence Francis (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-August-02
St Stephen's Anglican Cemetery, Summerland, British Columbia, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Darrell Thomas Higgins RCAF

Leading Aircraftman Higgins, Darrell Thomas (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-August-02
Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk. II serial:AJ800

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-August-02. Harvard II s/n AJ800.

This accident involved 2 people. Hickey LF, Higgins DT

This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Darrell Thomas Higgins RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/222395 Harvard AJ800, Flight Lieutenant Lawrence Francis Hickey RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/10966 Harvard AJ800

Unit Desciption

13 SFTS (13 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.