King, William David (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-December-12

Pilot Officer William David King RCAF

Birth Date: 1919-August-09

Born:

Parents: Son of William Charles and Esther H. King, of Aurora; husband of Jean M. King, of Shanty Bay.

Spouse: Husband of Jean M. King, of Shanty Bay.

Home: Aurora, Ontario

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

C/39823

Home
Google MapAurora, Ontario
Final Burial
Google MapAurora Cemetery
Lot S 109 Sec A
BROTHER to Perry King. Harvard aircraft FE 757 was in a three-plane formation and broke away without any signal from Pilot Officer King, the aircraft disappeared downward in a snowstorm and crashed at Penetanguishene, Ontario. Pilot Officer King had been a Lieutenant in the Canadian Army and had transferred into the RCAF.

Canada Primary Source School Daily Diary Entry - 1943-12-12

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

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

Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk. IIB serial:FE757

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-December-12. Harvard IIB s/n FE757.

This accident involved 1 person. King WD

This accident had 1 fatality. Pilot Officer William David King RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:C/39823 Harvard FE757

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

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station Borden Ontario

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Edenvale Ontario

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Alliston Ontario

Unvetted Source Camp Borden History

Project 44 BCATP

Unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

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