Waterloo, Ontario
Harvard aircraft crashed.
Lowe, George Douglas (Sergeant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1940-December-30
Birth Date: 1918
Born:
Parents: Son of George and Nellie Lowe, of Waterloo, and husband of Hazel Ruth Lowe, of Waterloo, Ontario.
Spouse: Husband of Hazel Ruth Lowe, of Waterloo, Ontario.
Home: Waterloo, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
31 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)
Base
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/64232
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Harvard 2553
Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:2553
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1940-December-30. Harvard s/n 2553.
This accident involved 2 people. Levy H, Lowe GD
This accident had 2 fatalities. Sergeant George Douglas Lowe RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/64232 Harvard 2553, Leading Aircraftman Henry (Harold) Levy RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/65809 Harvard 2553
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.
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