Pepin, Leo Vincent (Flying Officer)
Killed in Flying Accident 1949-December-11
Birth Date: 1924-June-25
Born: San Jose, California, USA
Parents: Son of Leo Joseph and Marie Dora (nee Potvin) Pepin of Ottawa, Ontario. Brother of Theresa, Cecile and Jacqueline Pepin.
Spouse:
Home: Trenton, Ontario
Enlistment: Ottawa, Ontario
Enlistment Date: 1942-November-17
Service
RCAF
Unit
1 (AC) AAS- Air Armament School
Base
RCAF Station Trenton
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
30311
Trenton, Ontario
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Mitchell HD341
Mission
Mitchell Mitchell II series ii HD341
Meteorological 1949-December-11 to 1949-December-11
1 () AAS (RCAF) RCAF Station Trenton
1 Air Armament School, RCAF Station Trenton. Mitchell aircraft HD 341, returning from a routine meteorological flight, when the port engine caught fire. The flames spread to the fuselage, and the Mitchell exploded in mid-air; it crashed in a field 7 miles south-east of RCAF Station Trenton, killing the aircraft's crew of four. A local witness on the ground, stated that it appeared that the pilot deliberately avoided crashing into a populated area by veering the burning aircraft in another direction
[Royal air Force Serial and Image Database]...Unit Desciption
1 (AC) AAS (Air Armament School)
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Mountain View Ontario OntarioMitchell HD341 Mitchell II series ii - Meteorological - 1949-12-11 to 1949-12-11
Squadron: 1 AAS (RCAF)
Start Date: 1949-12-11
Completion Date: 1949-12-11
Mission: Meteorological
Operation: unspecified
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Base: RCAF Station Trenton
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Crash City: Canada
Crash Specifics: 7 miles south-east of RCAF Station Trenton
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: engine
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1 Air Armament School, RCAF Station Trenton. Mitchell aircraft HD 341, returning from a routine meteorological flight, when the port engine caught fire. The flames spread to the fuselage, and the Mitchell exploded in mid-air; it crashed in a field 7 miles south-east of RCAF Station Trenton, killing the aircraft's crew of four. A local witness on the ground, stated that it appeared that the pilot deliberately avoided crashing into a populated area by veering the burning aircraft in another direction