Ottawa, Ontario
Two Harvard aircraft collided, aircraft 3044 went into a spin and crashed twelve miles west of the aerodrome at Uplands. Flying Officer J.G. Redpath was also killed. There were no casualties in the other aircraft.
McGuire, Michael James Doran (Warrant Officer 1st Class)
Killed in Flying Accident 1944-August-03
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
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Harvard 3044
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.
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