Lybbert, Dwain Earl (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-June-02

Pilot Officer Dwain Earl Lybbert RCAF

Birth Date: 1924-March-02

Born:

Charles Lester Lybbert and Delvia Lybbert, of Glenwoodville; husband of Claudia E. Lybbert, of Glenwoodville.

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

1 FIS- Flying Instructor School

Base

Trenton, Ontario, Canada

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot Officer

Service Numbers

J/43461

Final Burial
Google MapGlenwood Cemetery
Plot 7 Lot 32 Block B

Mission

Cornell serial: FH761

Fairchild Cornell Mk. II
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum

In early 1942, an agreement was signed between the Canadian Government and Fairchild Aircraft, which licenced Fleet Aircraft of Fort Erie, Ontario to construct the PT-26 Cornell in Canada. The first 800 Cornells used by the RCAF were supplied from Fairchild, until production commenced at Fort Erie in November 1942. By the end of the war in 1945, 2,853 Cornells had been built by Fleet - 1,565 for the RCAF and 1,288 for the RAF.

PT-26 Cornells were flown at many of the Elementary Flying Training Schools (EFTS) of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, where they replaced the Fleet Finch and the de Havilland Tiger Moth biplane trainers. After the Second World War, many Cornells were sold to the civilian market, but some were retained by the RCAF, where they were finally retired in 1948. CWPHM



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Aircraft Images

Cornell FH761

Cornell Mk. I FH761

Ex USAAF PT-26, serial number 42-14409. To RCAF in Canada, retained RAF serial number.

1942-10-03 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
1944-June-02 Accident: 1 Flying Instructor School Loc: Madoc Names: Lybbert | Whitmore
1944-06-27 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07

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