Langdon, Robert Edward
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-10-21
Birth Date: 1921
Born:
David and Nina Langdon, of Binghamton.
Home: Binghamton, New York, USA
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RCAF
Unit
8 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Leading Aircraftman
Service Numbers
R/139317
Binghamton, New York, USA
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves CommissionThis incident involved multiple aircraft:
- Anson Mk. II Serial: 8381
All the above aircraft in the above list are referenced in this report.
Anson 8381
Avro Anson
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
The Museum's Anson Mk. V was built by MacDonald Brothers in Winnipeg in 1944. It flew with No. 7 Photographic Wing and No. 414 Squadron in Ottawa on photo survey work until the late 1940s. In 1956, it was purchased by INCO and used for mineral surveying until 1980, when it was donated to the Museum. The exterior is painted in the yellow colour common to all BCATP trainers and is in its same wartime RCAF markings.
The Avro Anson was known by a number of nicknames including "Faithful Annie" or "Flying Greenhouse". It was the first aircraft to be flown by the Royal Canadian Air Force to have a retractable undercarriage, which was a comparative novelty in 1936. In 1940, a Canadian government owned company, Federal Aircraft Limited, was created in Montreal to manufacture the Anson for Canadian use. Nearly 3,000 Anson aircraft were produced and, in the early days of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), the Anson was the standard trainer for many pilots, observers (navigators), wireless operators and bomb aimers. More than 20,000 aircrew received training on the Anson. In Canadian service, the aircraft was substantially re-designed with the substitution of North American engines and many other airframe and equipment changes.Harold Skaarup web pages
Harold A Skaarup Web Page 
Avro Anson History8 SFTS (8 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.
NO8 SFTS Moncton moved to Weyburn SK January 1944
For More Information on RCAF Station Moncton see here
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Moncton NB
New Brunswick Aviation Museum Anson 8381
Anson Mk. II 8381
Equipped with dual control brakes. Delivered to long term storage. Issued from storage on 20 August 1942. Served with No. 8 Service Flying Training School at Moncton, NB when it was involved in a mid air collision with Harvard 3774 of the same school on 21 October 1942, at 15:00, 4 miles north of Moncton. Both occupants of Harvard parachuted with minor injuries, all 3 occupants of Anson killed. Ownership to No. 4 Repair Depot on 27 November 1942 for scrapping.1942-05-28 Taken on Strength No. 3 Training Command 2019-08-20
1942-October-01 Accident: 8 Service Flying Training School Loc: Pugwash Junction Nova Scotia Names: Williams
1942-October-21 Accident: 8 Service Flying Training School Loc: Moncton Names: Grierson | Langdon | Lynch | Schultz | Waugh
1943-01-22 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20