Mount Hope Cemetery
Tiger Moth - 5929 crashed killing Pilot Officer A.J.F. Mortimer and seriously injuring Leading Aircraftman J.W. Lloyd.
Mortimer, Aubrey James Ferris (Pilot Officer)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-January-27
Birth Date: 1922-April-26
Born:
Parents: Son of Arthur Ferris Mortimer and Gillian Beville Mortimer, of Wickham Bishops, Essex, England.
Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
34 EFTS- Elementary Flying Training School (RAF)
Base
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, Canada
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Service Numbers
130183
School Daily Diary Entry - 1943-01-27
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.comAccident Card - de Havilland Moth, Tiger I serial:5929
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-January-27. Tiger Moth s/n 5929.
This accident involved 2 people. Lloyd JW, Mortimer AJF
This accident had 1 fatality. Pilot Officer Aubrey James Ferris Mortimer RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:130183 Moth, Tiger 5929
Unit Desciption
34 EFTS (34 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.
NO34 EFTS Assiniboia
For More Information on RCAF Station Assiniboa see here
RCAF.info - Station Assiniboa Saskatchewan
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Lethburn Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial
Vintage Wings - Ghosts Of Saskatchewan
YouTube - Abandoned Saskatchewan
Project 44 BCATP