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Harvard - 3159, was being used to conduct a cross country training flight. At 1200 hours it crashed into the ground near Listowel, Ontario. Leading Aircraftman Gordon H. Litchfield and Leading Aircraftman P. Madden were killed.
Litchfield, Gordon Hubert (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-November-18
Birth Date: 1919
Born:
Parents: Son of Hubert and Grace Litchfield, husband of Gwendoline Pearl Litchfield, of Cheltenham, South Australia.
Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAAF
Unit
1 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Camp Borden, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Service Numbers
417090
School Daily Diary Entry - 1942-11-18
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Harvard 3159
Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:3159
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-November-18. Harvard II s/n 3159.
This accident involved 2 people. Litchfield GH, Madden RP
This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Peter Madden RAAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:409942 Harvard 3159, Leading Aircraftman Gordon Hubert Litchfield RAAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:417090 Harvard 3159
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
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