McIntosh, James White (Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1941-April-02

Male Head

Birth Date: 1916

Born:

Son of Frederick and Elizabeth McIntosh, of Winnipeg.

Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

7 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

MacLeod, Alberta, Canada

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/56908

Home

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Final Burial

Brookside Cemetery
Mil Sec Lot 1616

Pilot Officer Conde and Sergeant J.W. McIntosh were killed when their Tiger Moth aircraft 4313 appeared to suffer structural failure and then crashed four miles east of the aerodrome at McLeod.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

www.findagrave.com

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Crew or Other Personnel

Moth, Tiger 4313

Pilot Officer Robert Condie RCAF

Pilot Officer Condie, Robert (RCAF)
pilot instructor
Killed in Flying Accident
1941-April-02
Crystal City Cemetery, Crystal City, Manitoba, Canada

Sergeant James White McIntosh RCAF

Sergeant McIntosh, James White (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1941-April-02
Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Moth, Tiger serial: 4313

Source: Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (serial # RCAF 8922), credit Rick Radell

The de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s British biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company. It was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and many other operators as a primary trainer aircraft. In addition to the type's principal use for ab-initio training, the Second World War saw RAF Tiger Moths operating in other capacities, including maritime surveillance and defensive anti-invasion preparations; some aircraft were even outfitted to function as armed light bombers.

The Tiger Moth remained in service with the RAF until it was succeeded and replaced by the de Havilland Chipmunk during the early 1950s. Many of the military surplus aircraft subsequently entered into civil operation. Many nations have used the Tiger Moth in both military and civil applications, and it remains in widespread use as a recreational aircraft in several countries. It is still occasionally used as a primary training aircraft, particularly for those pilots wanting to gain experience before moving on to other tailwheel aircraft.

Overseas manufacturing of the type commenced in 1937, the first such overseas builder being de Havilland Canada at its facility in Downsview, Ontario. In addition to an initial batch of 25 Tiger Moths that were built for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), the Canadian firm began building fuselages which were exported to the UK for completion. Canadian-built Tiger Moths featured modifications to better suit the local climate, along with a reinforced tail wheel, hand-operated brakes (built by Bendix Corporation), shorter undercarriage radius rods and the legs of the main landing gear legs being raked forwards as a safeguard against tipping forwards during braking. In addition the cockpit had a large sliding canopy fitted along with exhaust-based heating; various alternative undercarriage arrangements were also offered. By the end of Canadian production, de Havilland Canada had manufactured a total of 1,548 of all versions. Wikipedia

Wikipedia de Havilland Tiger Moth

unvetted Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page

YouTube YouTube de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth

Aircraft Images

Moth, Tiger 4313

Moth, Tiger I 4313

Category A damage on 2 April 1941 while with No. 7 Service Flying Training School at Fort McLeod, Alberta.

1940-12-07 Taken on Strength 2019-08-20
1941-April-02 Accident: 7 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Condie | Mcintosh
1941-04-23 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20

Unit Desciption

7 SFTS (7 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.