McIntyre, Edward Charles (Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-March-21

Sergeant Edward Charles McIntyre RCAF

Birth Date: 1921-January-21

Born:

Parents: Son of Dr. William H. McIntyre and Mabel McIntyre, of Mission City, British Columbia.

Spouse:

Home: Mission City, British Columbia

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

3 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

R/225247

Home
Google MapMission City, British Columbia
Final Burial
Google MapHatzic Cemetery
Plot 79 Block 14
Edward joined the Canadian Army, Active, Westminster Regt. M.G., "C" Company in September 1939 as a Corporal. He transferred to the RCAF. Completed Elementary Flying Training at No 24 Elementary Flying Training School, Abbotsford, British Columbia. He was a student on Course 89.
Cessna Crane aircraft 7676 had been flying in formation and broke out of the formation to join the landing circuit. While in the landing circuit 7676 was in a mid-air collision with Crane 7922. The aircraft crashed at 16th. St and 42nd. Ave, S.W., Calgary. Sergeant McIntyre was killed in aircraft 7676 and Leading Aircraftman S.N. Rowell (RAAF) was killed in aircraft 7922. He was promoted posthumously to the Rank of Sergeant.

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Accident Card - Cessna Crane Mk. I serial:7676

This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1944-March-21. They are: Cessna Crane I s/n 7676, Cessna Crane I s/n 7922.

This accident involved 2 people. Mcintyre EC, Rowell SN

This accident had 2 fatalities. Sergeant Edward Charles McIntyre RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/225247 Crane 7676,Leading Aircraftman Stanley Norman Rowell RAAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:6068 Crane 7922

Unit Desciption

3 SFTS (3 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.

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