Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Pilot Officer Mackie and Leading Aircraftman A.W. Robinson (RAF) were on a routine dual training flight and were both killed when Harvard aircraft AJ 789 crashed eight miles south-east of the aerodrome at Medicine Hat.
Mackie, George Forrester Squire (Pilot Officer)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-January-08
Birth Date: 1918-March-19
Born:
Parents: Son of Joseph and Jane C. S. Mackie, of Saskatoon
Spouse:
Home: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
34 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)
Base
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/7037
School Daily Diary Entry - 1942-01-08
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.comCrew or Other Personnel
Harvard AJ789
Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk. II serial:AJ789
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-January-08. Harvard s/n AJ789.
This accident involved 2 people. Mackie GFS, Robinson AW
This accident had 2 fatalities. Pilot Officer George Forrester Squire Mackie RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/7037 Harvard AJ789, Leading Aircraftman Alexander Ward Robinson RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1213206 Harvard AJ789
Unit Desciption
34 SFTS (34 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.
NO34 SFTS Baracks
For More Information on RCAF Station Medicine Hat see here
RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Medicine Hat AB
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Bomber Command Museum Of Canada - 34 SFTS
David Carter History Of NO34 SFTS
Project 44 BCATP
YouTube - David Carter - History Of 34 SFTS
Project 44 BCATP