Toronto, Ontario
LAC Nicholson and Sergeant R.E. Beilhartz were on a wireless training exercise and were both killed when Fleet Fort aircraft 3630 caught fire shortly after take-off and crashed on the south-east boundary of Stevenson airport, Winnipeg.
Nicholson, Alan Luther (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-September-09
Birth Date: 1915
Born:
Parents: Son of Lorne and Mary Ann Nicholson, of Toronto.
Spouse:
Home: Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
3 WS- Wireless School
Base
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Wireless Air Gunner
Service Numbers
R/144056
School Daily Diary Entry - 1942-09-09
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Fort 3630
Accident Card - Fleet Fort serial:3630
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-September-09. Fleet Fort s/n 3630.
This accident involved 2 people. Beilhartz RE, Nicholson AL
This accident had 2 fatalities. Sergeant Ronald Earl Beilhartz RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/90737 Fort 3630, Leading Aircraftman Alan Luther Nicholson RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/144056 Fort 3630
Unit Desciption
3 WS (3 Wireless School)
Trainees in the "Wireless Air Gunner" (WAG) stream spent 24 weeks at a Wireless Schoo learning the theory and application of wireless communications. This included signalling with lights and flags as well as radio. Their "WAG" training was completed with four weeks at a Bombing & Gunnery School.
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