Laing, Hugh Victor (Leading Airman (Acting))

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-April-01

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Birth Date: 1925

Born:

Parents: Son of Hugh Victor and Elizabeth Laing, of Fenham, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England.

Spouse:

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Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RN FAA

Unit

31 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)

Base

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Rank

Leading Airman (Acting)

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

FX90767

Final Burial
Google MapCataraqui Cemetery
Sec G Range 7 Grave 6
OOC A/LA Hugh Victor Laing, age 18. Crashed. Son of Hugh and Elizabeth Laing of Fenham, Newcastle-on-Tyne. From RAFC: The accident occurred at 17:55 hours. The Harvard Mk.IIB went down 3 miles northwest of Odessa. FX90767 A.L.A. Laing was carrying out authorized aerobatics and practice forced landings at the time of the accident. He was almost at level flight after coming out of a loop when the aircraft hit the ground and exploded after striking a rocky outcrop.

Unvetted Source Harvards Above, A book about 31 Service Flying Training School - In Memoriam

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Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk. IIB serial:FE739

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-April-01. Harvard IIB s/n FE739.

This accident involved 1 person. Laing HV

This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Airman (Acting) Hugh Victor Laing RN FAA Killed in Flying Accident service no:FX90767 Harvard FE739

Unit Desciption

31 SFTS (31 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.

SFTS31 Kingston ON

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Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Kingston ON

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Ganaoque ON

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Sandhurst ON

Project 44 BCATP

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