Regina, Saskatchewan
Flight Lieutenant MacDonald and Sergeant T.S. Sharpies were engaged in an instructors night flying practice when their Harvard aircraft 3026 went in to a dive at 1,000 feet. They were both killed when the Harvard crashed three miles north-east of the aerodrome at Yorkton.
MacDonald, John Edward (Flight Lieutenant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1941-June-06
Birth Date: 1913
Born:
Parents: Son of Beatrice MacDonald, of Regina.
Spouse:
Home: Regina, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
11 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada
Rank
Flight Lieutenant
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
C/548
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Harvard 3026
Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:3026
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1941-June-06. Harvard s/n 3026.
This accident involved 2 people. MacDonald JE, Sharples TS
This accident had 2 fatalities. Sergeant Thomas Sheldon Sharples RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/59116 Harvard 3026, Flight Lieutenant John Edward MacDonald RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:C/548 Harvard 3026
Unit Desciption
11 SFTS (11 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.
NO11 SFTS Opening Day 1941
For more Information on RCAF Station Yorkton see here
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11 SFTS Yorkton SK History
Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial - 11 SFTS Yorkton History
Vintage Wings - Ghosts of Saskatchewan
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