Hunter, George

Killed in Flying Accident 1945-02-07

Male Head

Birth Date: 1925-September-19

Born:

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RN FAA

Unit

13 EFTS- Elementary Flying Training School

Base

St Eugene, Ontario, Canada

Rank

Leading Airman (Acting)

Position

Leading Airman (Acting)

Service Numbers

FX606399

First Burial
Google MapVankleek Hill (Greenwood) Cemetery

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

www.findagrave.com

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

This incident involved multiple aircraft:

  1. Cornell Cornell III Serial: 14552

All the above aircraft in the above list are referenced in this report.

Findagrave.com

Cornell 14552

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Leading Airman (Acting) Hunter, George (RN FAA)

Killed in Flying Accident
1945-February-07
Greenwood Cemetery, Regional Rd 11, Vankleek Hill, Ontario, Canada

Flying Officer Jackman, John Charles (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1945-February-07
Kelowna Cemetery, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

Fairchild Cornell

Fairchild Cornell Mk. II
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
Fairchild_Cornell_159.jpg image not found

In early 1942, an agreement was signed between the Canadian Government and Fairchild Aircraft, which licenced Fleet Aircraft of Fort Erie, Ontario to construct the PT-26 Cornell in Canada. The first 800 Cornells used by the RCAF were supplied from Fairchild, until production commenced at Fort Erie in November 1942. By the end of the war in 1945, 2,853 Cornells had been built by Fleet - 1,565 for the RCAF and 1,288 for the RAF.

PT-26 Cornells were flown at many of the Elementary Flying Training Schools (EFTS) of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, where they replaced the Fleet Finch and the de Havilland Tiger Moth biplane trainers. After the Second World War, many Cornells were sold to the civilian market, but some were retained by the RCAF, where they were finally retired in 1948.CWPHM



YouTube Cornell Trainer

Wikipedia Wikipedia Cornell Trainer

General Harold A Skaarup Web Page

13 EFTS (13 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.

More information on RCAF Station St Eugene can be found here

Canada Primary Source RCAF.info - RCAF Station St Eugene Ontario

Canada Primary Source RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Hawkesbury Ontario

Notable students from 13 ETFS Wing Commander Fred Jones

Museum Vintage Wings - Wing Commander Fred Jones and his connection to the Poem High Flight

Project 44 BCATP

General Project 44 BCATP

YouTube YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of Democracy

Cornell 14552

Cornell Cornell III 14552

To No. 11 Elementary Flying Training School on 23 August 1943. Damaged in a crash while with this School on 22 November 1943. To No. 13 Elementary Flying Training School at St. Eugune, Ontario in early 1944. Category A crash on 7 February 1945, near Point Fortune, Quebec. Instructor Flying Officer J.C. Jackman, RCAF and student ALA G. Hunter, FAA killed.

1943-08-23 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
1943-November-17 Accident: 11 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Charlebois
1944-June-22 Accident: 13 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Perkins | Wigfield
1945-February-07 Accident: 13 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: 4 Mile From Base Names: Hunter | Jackman
1945-03-16 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07