Los Angeles, California, USALACs Bonner and J.R. Moody were both killed whilst engaged in an instrument flying training exercise. Their Harvard - 2648, crashed and burned at Fergusonville, Ontario.
Moody, James Rowland (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-July-03
Birth Date: 1918
Born:
Parents: Son of James Rowland Moody and Elspeth Caliger Moody, of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. Aeronautical Engineer.
Spouse:
Home: Los Angeles, California, USA
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
1 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Camp Borden, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/111348
School Daily Diary Entry - 1942-07-03
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Harvard 2648
Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:2648
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-July-03. Harvard s/n 2648.
This accident involved 2 people. Bonner AR, Moody JR
This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman James Rowland Moody RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/111348 Harvard 2648, Leading Aircraftman Albert Robert Bonner RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/121739 Harvard 2648
Unit Desciption
1 SFTS (1 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.
Currently the site of CFB Borden. Heliport and grass strip remains. CYBN
Camp Borden Class 1917
For more Information on RCAF Station Borden see here
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