Toronto, Ontario
2 Wireless School, Calgary, Alberta. LAC. Lay and P/O. L.P. Fraser were on a wireless training exercise and were killed when Fleet Fort aircraft 3650 crashed and burned four miles east of the aerodrome at Sheppard, Alberta.
Lay, Ronald William (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-September-29
Birth Date: 1920
Born:
Parents: Edith May Lay, of Toronto.
Spouse:
Home: Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
2 WS- Wireless School
Base
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Wireless Air Gunner
Service Numbers
R/203303
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Crew or Other Personnel
Fort 3650
Accident Card - Fleet Fort serial:3650
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-September-29. Fleet Fort II s/n 3650.
This accident involved 2 people. Fraser LP, Lay RW
This accident had 2 fatalities. Pilot Officer Lynn Pearson Fraser RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/27522 Fort 3650, Leading Aircraftman Ronald William Lay RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/203303 Fort 3650
Unit Desciption
2 WS (2 Wireless School)
Trainees in the "Wireless Air Gunner" (WAG) stream spent 24 weeks at a Wireless Schoo learning the theory and application of wireless communications. This included signalling with lights and flags as well as radio. Their "WAG" training was completed with four weeks at a Bombing & Gunnery School.
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