McLean, James Kerr (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-April-01

Pilot Officer James Kerr McLean RCAF

Birth Date: 1919

Born:

Parents: Son of Burton L. McLean and Ella McLean, of Lindsay.

Spouse:

Home: Lindsay, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

14 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

Aylmer, Ontario, Canada

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/7900

Home
Google MapLindsay, Ontario
Final Burial
Google MapRiverside Cemetery
Range 14 Sec 7 Lot 10 Grave 4

Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:3224

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-April-01. Harvard II s/n 3224.

This accident involved 2 people. Kirk GL, Mclean JK

This accident had 2 fatalities. Pilot Officer James Kerr McLean RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/7900 Harvard 3224, Leading Aircraftman Gordon Leonard Kirk RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/117289 Harvard 3224

Unit Desciption

14 SFTS (14 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.

SFTS14 Aylmer ON

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Unvetted Source 14 SFTS Aylmer ON History

Museum Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum - 14 SFTS Aylmer ON

SFTS 14 Moved from Aylmer ON to Kingston ON 14 August 1944

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Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station Kingston ON

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Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Sandhurst ON

Project 44 BCATP

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