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Cornell aircraft FH 659 was being tested after a major inspection, when it struck the ground and broke up seven miles west of Barons, Alberta, Leading Aircraftman W.G. Koehler and Sergeant R.A. Ridgway were killed in this crash.
Ridgway, Raymond Alexander (Sergeant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-May-26
Birth Date: 1924
Born:
Parents: Son of John Albert and Dorothy Sarah Ridgway, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAAF
Unit
2 FIS- Flying Instructor School
Base
Pearce, Alberta, Canada
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Service Numbers
421392
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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nominal-rolls.dva.gov.auCrew or Other Personnel
Cornell FH659
Accident Card - Fairchild Cornell Mk. I serial:FH659
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-May-26. Cornell I s/n FH659.
This accident involved 2 people. Ridgway RA, Koehler WG
This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman William Gordon Koehler RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/155628 Cornell FH659, Sergeant Raymond Alexander Ridgway RAAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:421392 Cornell FH659
Unit Desciption
2 FIS (2 Flying Instructors School)
Formed as a sub-unit of No 15 Service Flying Training School at Claresholm, Alberta on 27 April 1942
NO2 FIS Pearce
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Claresholm ABBecame inactive on 29 December 1944 disbanded on 20 January 1945
Project 44 BCATP
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