Toronto, Ontario
6 Service Flying Training School, Dunnville, Ontario. Harvard aircraft FE 732 was either in a dive or a spin when it crashed seven miles north-west of the aerodrome at Dunnville. Leading Aircraftman P.P. Strickland was also killed.
Quinn, Douglas Crawford (Pilot Officer)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-November-29
Birth Date: 1921-May-02
Born:
Parents: Son of Frederick Samuel and Helen Quinn of Toronto; husband of Annie Mary Quinn, of Toronto
Spouse: Husband of Annie Mary Quinn, of Toronto
Home: Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
6 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Dunnville, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/29099
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Harvard FE732
Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk. IIB serial:FE732
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-November-29. Harvard IIB s/n FE732.
This accident involved 2 people. Quin DC, Strickland P
This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Peter Patrick Strickland RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/187521 Harvard FE732, Pilot Officer Douglas Crawford Quinn RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/29099 Harvard FE732
Unit Desciption
6 SFTS (6 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.
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