Cochrane, Ontario
7 Elementary Flying Training School, Windsor, Ontario. Leading Aircraftman Poe was engaged in training sequences 6,7,9,10,15, and 16 and was killed when Fleet Finch aircraft 4520 dove into the ground five miles north-east of Essex, Ontario.
Poe, Walter Roydon (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-May-17
Birth Date: 1917-January-18
Born:
Parents: Son of Robert W. Poe and Isabelle Poe, of Cochrane husband of Angela Annie Poe, of Cochrane.
Spouse: Husband of Angela Annie Poe, of Cochrane.
Home: Cochrane, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
7 EFTS- Elementary Flying Training School
Base
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/130197
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Accident Card - Fleet Finch Finch II serial:4520
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-May-17. Fleet Finch II s/n 4520.
This accident involved 1 person. Poe WR
This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman Walter Roydon Poe RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/130197 Finch 4520
Unit Desciption
7 EFTS (7 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.
Crew Preparations Fleet Finch
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Windsor Ontario
canard.html,Bomber Command Museum Of Canada. When Tiger Moth 9660 was almost shot down
Project 44 BCATP