Sarnia, Ontario
6 Elementary Flying Training School, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Leading Aircraftman Meere was killed when his Tiger Moth aircraft 1168 crashed ten miles north-west of the aerodrome at Prince Albert.
Meere, Leonard Raymond (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-September-23
Birth Date: 1924-September-05
Born:
Parents: Son of Thomas W. Meere and Edith Meere, of Sarnia.
Spouse:
Home: Sarnia, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
6 EFTS- Elementary Flying Training School
Base
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/205555
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Accident Card - de Havilland Moth, Tiger I serial:1168
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-September-23. Tiger Moth s/n 1168.
This accident involved 1 person. Meere LR
This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman Leonard Raymond Meere RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/205555 Moth, Tiger 1168
Unit Desciption
6 EFTS (6 Elementary Flying Training School)
An Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS) gave a trainee 50 hours of basic flying instruction on a simple trainer like the De Havilland Tiger Moth, Fleet Finch, or Fairchild Cornell over 8 weeks.Elementary schools were operated by civilian flying clubs under contract to the RCAF and most of the instructors were civilians. For example, No. 12 EFTS Goderich was run by the Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Club and the County of Huron Flying Club.The next step for a pilot was the Service Flying Training School.
The lads of Course 98 No 6 EFTS Prince Albert 1944
Established in 1940 at the present site of Prince Albert Airport CYPA
More information on the RCAF Station at Prince Albert, SK can be found at
RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Prince Albert SK
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Hagen SK
ibcc - Course 98 6 EFTS Prince Albert SK
YouTube - Abandoned Saskatchewan
Project 44 BCATP