Hopton, Clayton Peder (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1940-December-12
Birth Date: 1913-October-24
Born: Cabri Saskatchewan
Parents: Son of John W. Hopton and Amanda Hopton, of Cabri.
Spouse: Husband of Nina Mary (nee Cochrane) Hopton
Home: Cabri, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
1 (OT) SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Camp Borden, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/57934
Cabri, Saskatchewan
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.comAccident Card - Northrop Nomad (Northrop) serial:3503
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1940-December-12. Nomad s/n 3503.
This accident involved 1 person. Hopton CP
This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman Clayton Peder Hopton RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/57934 Nomad (Northrop) 3503
Mission
Nomad (Northrop) 3503
BCATP Training 1940-December-12 to 1940-December-12
1 (OT) SFTS (RCAF) Camp Borden, Ontario, Canada
1 Service Flying training School, Camp Borden, Ontario, Canada. LAC Clayton Peder Hopton (RCAF), a student pilot flying Nomad 3503 was engaged in a formation flying exercise with two other Nomad aircraft when they encountered snowy conditions. LAC Hopton, lost in reduced visibility of the the snow squalls, fell behind the other two aircraft. Sadly, he was killed when his Nomad 3503 crashed into a swampy area near Everett, Ontario.
Four additional airmen were killed in a mid-air collision over Lake Muskoka while searching for Leading Aircraftman Hopton the following day
Camp Borden Birthplace of the RCAF by 16 Wing Borden Ontario, pages 116-117
Royal Air Force Serial and Image DatabaseUnit 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
For more Information on RCAF Station Borden see here
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Borden Ontario
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Edenvale Ontario
YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of DemocracyNomad (Northrop) 3503 - BCATP Training - 1940-12-12 to 1940-12-12
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1 Service Flying training School, Camp Borden, Ontario, Canada. LAC Clayton Peder Hopton (RCAF), a student pilot flying Nomad 3503 was engaged in a formation flying exercise with two other Nomad aircraft when they encountered snowy conditions. LAC Hopton, lost in reduced visibility of the the snow squalls, fell behind the other two aircraft. Sadly, he was killed when his Nomad 3503 crashed into a swampy area near Everett, Ontario.
Four additional airmen were killed in a mid-air collision over Lake Muskoka while searching for Leading Aircraftman Hopton the following day
Camp Borden Birthplace of the RCAF by 16 Wing Borden Ontario, pages 116-117
School Daily Diary Entry - 1940-12-12