Calgary, Alberta
2 Wireless School, Calgary, Alberta. Pilot Officer Scheelar and Sergeant T. Donnachie were killed when their Yale aircraft 3346 crashed at Airdrie, Alberta.
Scheelar, Irvin Trevor (Pilot Officer)
Killed in Flying Accident 1944-May-12
Birth Date: 1923-February-17
Born:
Parents: Son of Peter Solomen and Mabel Scheelar, of Calgary.
Spouse:
Home: Calgary, Alberta
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
2 WS- Wireless School
Base
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/38913
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
Accident Card - North American Yale serial:3346
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-May-12. Yale s/n 3346.
This accident involved 2 people. Donnachie T, Scheelar IT
This accident had 2 fatalities. Sergeant Thomas Donnachie RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/190323 Yale 3346, Pilot Officer Irvin Trevor Scheelar RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/38913 Yale 3346
Unit Desciption
2 WS (2 Wireless School)
Trainees in the "Wireless Air Gunner" (WAG) stream spent 24 weeks at a Wireless Schoo learning the theory and application of wireless communications. This included signalling with lights and flags as well as radio. Their "WAG" training was completed with four weeks at a Bombing & Gunnery School.
NO2 WS Calgary Mascot
NO2 WS July 1945
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Calgary AB - 2 WS
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