Regina, Saskatchewan
From RAFC:
On 19 October 1943 an Oxford crashed in poor weather near North Battleford, Canada, killing the pilot, Flg Off Anthony Archer Green RAFVR, and both passengers, Superintendent Maurice Powers, a medical doctor who headed the RCMP's pioneering crime detection laboratory in Regina, and Cpl Basil James Ford-Smith RAFVR.
From FaG:
Supt. Maurice Powers, P.B., M.D.C.M., Med Sc.D, R.G.M.
RCMP Surgeon Powers was killed in an aircraft accident as the result of bad weather. He was a well respected officer and he was in charge of Forensic Investigation. He died at North Battleford, Saskatchewan. He had been in North Battleford to testify at a trial. The pilot of the aircraft and another passenger died in the crash.
Shares marker with Cornelius Powers and his wife, Catherine Trainor Powers
Notre-Dame of Ottawa Cemetery
Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada
PLOT Sec
Powers, Maurice (Surgeon)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-October-19
Birth Date: 1905
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Home: Regina, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: 1937-January-01
Service
RCMP
Unit
35 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)
Base
North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
Rank
Surgeon
Position
Pass
Service Numbers
O.298
Canadian Virtual War MemorialCrew or Other Personnel
Oxford EB659
Accident Card - Airspeed Oxford Mk. V serial:EB659
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-October-19. Oxford V s/n EB659.
This accident involved 3 people. Ford-smith BJ, Green AA, Power M
This accident had 3 fatalities. Corporal Basil James Ford-Smith RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1334634 Oxford EB659, Surgeon Maurice Powers RCMP Killed in Flying Accident service no:O.298 Oxford EB659, Flying Officer Anthony Archer Green RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:151128 Oxford EB659
Unit Desciption
35 SFTS (35 Service Flying Training School)
Graduates of the EFTS "learn-to-fly" program went on a Service Flying Training School (SFTS) for 16 weeks. For the first 8 weeks the trainee was part of an intermediate training squadron; for the next 6 weeks an advanced training squadron and for the final 2 weeks training was conducted at a Bombing & Gunnery School. The Service schools were military establishments run by the RCAF or the RAF.
There were two different types of Service Flying Training Schools. Trainees in the fighter pilot stream went to an SFTS like No. 14 Aylmer, where they trained in the North American Harvard or North American Yale. Trainees in the bomber, coastal or transport pilot stream went to an SFTS like No. 5 Brantford where they learned multi-engine technique in an Airspeed Oxford, Avro Anson or Cessna Crane.
RCAF Aerodrome North Battleford, Saskatchewan.
Image from the RCAF Pilots Manual of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases circa 1942.
For More Information on RCAF Station North Battleford see here
RCAF.Info - RCAF Station North Battleford SK
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Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial - Base History
Vintage Wings - Ghosts Of Saskatchewan
YouTube - Abandoned Saskatchewan