Westmount, Quebec
Pilot Officer Hutchison and Leading Aircraftman N.B. Jenkins were engaged in instrument flying practise and were killed when Harvard aircraft FE 744 hit the ground at a very high speed at Lafontaine, Ontario.
The accident was recounted on the day after the accident.
Hutchison, John Lutterell (Pilot Officer)
Killed in Flying Accident 1944-March-20
Birth Date: 1914-August-21
Born: Montreal Quebec
Parents: Son of Ernest Evans Hutchison and Margaret Hutchison, of Westmount; husband of Jean E. Hutchison, of Barrie, Ontario.
Spouse: Husband of Jean E. Hutchison, of Barrie, Ontario.
Home: Westmount, Quebec
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
1 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Camp Borden, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/38048
School Daily Diary Entry - 1944-03-21
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Harvard FE744
Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk. IIB serial:FE744
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-March-20. Harvard IIB s/n FE744.
This accident involved 2 people. Hutchinson JL, Jenkins NB
This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Norman Bruce Jenkins RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/212813 Harvard FE744, Pilot Officer John Lutterell Hutchison RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/38048 Harvard FE744
Unit Desciption
1 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
Camp Borden Class 1917
For more Information on RCAF Station Borden see here
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Borden Ontario
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