Winnipeg, Manitoba
15 Elementary Flying Training School, Regina, Saskatchewan. LAC. Leach was killed when his Tiger Moth aircraft 4219 spun into the ground at 32 Service Flying Training School, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
Leach, Douglas Beatty (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1941-June-10
Birth Date: 1920
Born:
Parents: Son of Neil Gordon and Margaret Alice Leach, of Winnipeg.
Spouse:
Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
15 EFTS- Elementary Flying Training School
Base
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/91533
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Accident Card - de Havilland Moth, Tiger I serial:4219
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1941-June-10. Tiger Moth s/n 4219.
This accident involved 1 person. Leach DB
This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman Douglas Beatty Leach RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/91533 Moth, Tiger 4219
Unit Desciption
15 EFTS (15 Elementary Flying Training School)
An Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS) gave a trainee 50 hours of basic flying instruction on a simple trainer like the De Havilland Tiger Moth, Fleet Finch, or Fairchild Cornell over 8 weeks.Elementary schools were operated by civilian flying clubs under contract to the RCAF and most of the instructors were civilians. For example, No. 12 EFTS Goderich was run by the Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Club and the County of Huron Flying Club.The next step for a pilot was the Service Flying Training School.
No. 15 EFTS Regina, Course 32, Aug. 1941
More information on RCAF Station Region can be found here
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Regina Saskatchewan
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Brora Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial
Vintage Wings - Ghosts of Saskatchewan
YouTube - Abandoned Saskatchewan
Project 44 BCATP