McGuire, Michael James Doran (Warrant Officer 1st Class)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-August-03

Warrant Officer 1st Class Michael James Doran McGuire RCAF

Birth Date: 1944-August-03

Born:

Parents: Son of Joseph and Ann McGuire, of Ottawa; husband of Myfanwy Esther McGuire, of Ottawa.

Spouse: Husband of Myfanwy Esther McGuire, of Ottawa.

Home: Ottawa, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

2 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

Uplands, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Rank

Warrant Officer 1st Class

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

2043

Final Burial
Google MapNotre Dame Roman Catholic Cemetery
Plot 3728 Block 15

Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.IIB serial:3044

This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1944-August-03. They are: Harvard II s/n 3044, Harvard II s/n 3091.

This accident involved 3 people. Leonard KR, Mcguire MJD, Redpath JG

This accident had 2 fatalities. Flying Officer John George Redpath RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/38919 Harvard 3044, Warrant Officer 1st Class Michael James Doran McGuire RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:2043 Harvard 3044

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

For More Information on RCAF Station Uplands See here

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station Uplands Ottawa Ontario

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Carp Ontario

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Edwards Ontario

Museum Vintage Wings - Inside Uplands

Unvetted Source 2 SFTS Uplands History

Project 44 BCATP

Unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

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