Proctor, Terence Flexman

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-06-25

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Birth Date: 1906

Born:

Son of Alfred and Alice Maude Procter, of Eastbourne

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RAFVR

Unit

32 EFTS- Elementary Flying Training School (RAF)

Base

Bowden, Alberta, Canada

Rank

Flight Lieutenant

Position

Flight Lieutenant

Service Numbers

84661

First Burial
Google MapOcklynge Cemetery, Eastbourne, United Kingdom
Died in the crash of Fairchild Cornell - 14412.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

This incident involved multiple aircraft:

  1. Cornell Cornell III Serial: 14412

All the above aircraft in the above list are referenced in this report.

Cornell 14412

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Leading Aircraftman Harris, Stanley (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-June-25
Ottawa Jewish Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Flight Lieutenant Proctor, Terence Flexman (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-June-25
Ocklynge Cemetery, Eastbourne, Sussex, UK

Fairchild Cornell

Fairchild Cornell Mk. II
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
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In early 1942, an agreement was signed between the Canadian Government and Fairchild Aircraft, which licenced Fleet Aircraft of Fort Erie, Ontario to construct the PT-26 Cornell in Canada. The first 800 Cornells used by the RCAF were supplied from Fairchild, until production commenced at Fort Erie in November 1942. By the end of the war in 1945, 2,853 Cornells had been built by Fleet - 1,565 for the RCAF and 1,288 for the RAF.

PT-26 Cornells were flown at many of the Elementary Flying Training Schools (EFTS) of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, where they replaced the Fleet Finch and the de Havilland Tiger Moth biplane trainers. After the Second World War, many Cornells were sold to the civilian market, but some were retained by the RCAF, where they were finally retired in 1948.CWPHM



YouTube Cornell Trainer

Wikipedia Wikipedia Cornell Trainer

General Harold A Skaarup Web Page

32 EFTS (32 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.

For more Information on RCAF Station Bowden see here

Canada Primary Source RCAF.info - RCAF Station Bowden AB

Canada Primary Source RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Netook AB

Museum Bomber Command Museum of Canada

Museum Vintage Wings - Ghosts of Southern Alberta

Project 44 BCATP

General Project 44 BCATP

YouTube YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of Democracy

Cornell 14412

Cornell Cornell III 14412

No. 32 Elementary Flying Training School. Crashed on 25 June 1943, killing instructor Flight Lieutenant T.F. Procter, RAF and student Leading Aircraftman S. Harris, RAF.

1943-June-25 Accident: 32 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: S Of Bowden Names: Harris | Procter
1943-08-03 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
1943-10-06 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07