Vancouver, British Columbia
Cessna Crane aircraft If 7968 and Cessna Crane 7875 were engaged in a formation flying exercise when they collided in mid-air three miles north-east of Sifton, Manitoba. LAC. Irvine and F/O. T.H. Caulkin were killed in aircraft 7968.
Irvine, Douglas George (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-January-18
Birth Date: 1921-February-20
Born: Vancouver, British Columbia
Parents: Son of Sholto Douglas and Hazel Mary (ne McCourt) Irvine, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Leading Aircraftsman Irvine was an only child. He enjoyed baseball, golf, lacrosse, tennis, boxing and swimmin
Spouse:
Home: Vancouver, British Columbia
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
10 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/106928
School Daily Diary Entry - 1942-01-18
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Accident Card - Cessna Crane Mk. I serial:7968
This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1942-January-18. They are: Cessna Crane s/n 7875, Cessna Crane s/n 7968.
This accident involved 4 people. Catrano DA, Caulkin TH, Dodd WG, Irvine DG
This accident had 2 fatalities. Flying Officer Thomas Henry Caulkin RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/3198 Crane 7968, Leading Aircraftman Douglas George Irvine RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/106928 Crane 7968
Unit Desciption
10 SFTS (10 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.
No10 SFTS Dauphin
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