Madden, Willard Eugene (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-February-23

Pilot Officer Willard Eugene Madden RCAF

Birth Date: 1918-July-07

Born:

Parents: Son of the Revd. Frederick W. Madden and Stella E. Madden, of Dunbarton.

Spouse:

Home: Dunbarton, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

31 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)

Base

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/7032

Home
Google MapDunbarton, Ontario
Final Burial
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Plot 16 Range 8
Harvard aircraft AJ 559 collided with Harvard AJ 572, both aircraft went into a spin and crashed four miles west of Collins Bay, Ontario. Pilot Officer Madden and Fleet Air Arm airman ALA. W.H. Riddett were killed in aircraft AJ 559 and Fleet Air Arm airman ALA. C.A. Treble was killed in aircraft AJ 572.

Unvetted Source Harvards Above, A book about 31 Service Flying Training School - In Memoriam

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk. II serial:AJ559

This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1942-February-23. They are: Harvard II s/n AJ572, Harvard II s/n AJ559.

This accident involved 3 people. Madden WE, Riddet WH, Treble CA

This accident had 3 fatalities. Leading Airman (Acting) Claude Anthony Treble RN FAA Killed in Flying Accident service no:FX87490 Harvard AJ572,Pilot Officer Willard Eugene Madden RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/7032 Harvard AJ559, Leading Airman (Acting) Walter Herbert Riddett RN FAA Killed in Flying Accident service no:FX88430 Harvard AJ559

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.

SFTS31 Kingston ON

For More information on RCAF Station Kingston see here

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Kingston ON

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Ganaoque ON

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Sandhurst ON

Project 44 BCATP

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