Tidioute, Pennsylvania, USA
LACs McCool and J.H.A. Johnston were engaged in mutual instruction and were killed when their Harvard aircraft 2887 crashed near Hainsville, Ontario.
McCool, Delbert Ellsworth (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-January-26
Birth Date: 1919
Born:
Parents: Son of Dallas C. and Elizabeth McCool, of Tidioute, Pennsylvania.
Spouse:
Home: Tidioute, Pennsylvania, USA
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
2 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Uplands, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/103062
School Daily Diary Entry - 1942-01-26
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.comCrew or Other Personnel
Harvard 2887
Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:2887
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-January-26. Harvard s/n 2887.
This accident involved 2 people. Johnston JHA, McCool DE
This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Delbert Ellsworth McCool RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/103062 Harvard 2887, Leading Aircraftman John Harvey Alexander Johnston RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/96082 Harvard 2887
Unit Desciption
2 SFTS (2 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.
RCAF Station Uplands now the site of Ottawa International Airport CYOW.
Instructors NO2 SFTS
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