McCarthy, Henry Joseph (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1941-December-10

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Birth Date: 1919-October-22

Born:

Parents: Jessie McCarthy, of Camberwell, London, England

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Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAF

Unit

37 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)

Base

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

656512

Final Burial
Google MapBurnsland Cemetery
Lot 94 Block 7 Sec G
Country of service UK Confirmed CWGC From RAFC: Leading Aircraftman Henry Joseph McCARTHY (656512) 1941-12-10 Canada Killed Oxford AT457 Category A crash at 20:30 on 10 December 1941, while performing night solo circuits at Calgary. Leading Aircraftman H.J. McCarthy, RAF killed. Deteriorating weather was probably a factor.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

Accident Card - Airspeed Oxford Mk. I serial:AT457

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1941-December-10. Oxford s/n AT457.

This accident involved 1 person. McCarthy HJ

This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman Henry Joseph McCarthy RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:656512 Oxford AT457

Unit Desciption

37 SFTS (37 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.

Air Navigation Chart Calgary 1944

Noteable RAF Instructor pilots based at No. 37 SFTS during the war, was F/O Peter Middleton, the grandfather of Catherine Middleton who is now the Duchess of Cambridge and the wife of Prince William.

For More Information on RCAF Station Calgary see here

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Calgary AB

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Airdrie AB

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Inverlake AB

Museum Bomber Command Museum Of Canada - 37 SFTS

Calgary Wings SFTS37 History

Unvetted Source Clarence Simonsen - Calgary Wings 37 SFTS History.pdf

Project 44 BCATP

Unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

YouTube YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of Democracy

YouTube YouTube - GHOSTS OF THE FOOTHILLS - The BCATP's Hidden Legacy in Alberta