Palestine, Texas, USA
20 Elementary Flying Training School, Oshawa, Ontario. Tiger Moth aircraft 4342 crashed in Lake Scugog near Lakeside Beach, Ontario while practicing solo sequences 10,12,17, and 22. Leading Aircraftman Pilot Peale is buried in the New Addition Annexe Cemetery, Palestine, Texas, U.S.A.
Peale, Truman De Witt (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-August-11
Birth Date: 1916
Born:
Parents: Son of Truman De Witt and Corinne William Peale of Palestine.
Spouse:
Home: Palestine, Texas, USA
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
20 EFTS- Elementary Flying Training School
Base
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/137295
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Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Accident Card - de Havilland Moth, Tiger I serial:4342
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-August-11. Tiger Moth s/n 4342.
This accident involved 1 person. Peale TD
This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman Truman De Witt Peale RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/137295 Moth, Tiger 4342
Unit Desciption
20 EFTS (20 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.
NO20 EFTS Oshawa
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