Smoker, Leslie Saunders (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-November-15

Pilot Officer Leslie Saunders Smoker RCAF

Birth Date: 1922

Born:

Parents: Son of Ernest and Gertrude R. Smoker, of Vancouver.

Spouse:

Home: Vancouver, British Columbia

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

11 EFTS- Elementary Flying Training School

Base

Cap de la Madeleine, Quebec, Canada

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/25882

Home
Google MapVancouver, British Columbia
Final Burial
Google MapOcean View Burial Park
Heather Sec Plot 295 Grave 3 (Mausoleum NarcissusSec 465-1)

Accident Card - Fairchild Cornell Cornell III serial:15263

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-November-15. Cornell II s/n 15263.

This accident involved 2 people. Smoker LS, Brooks JE

This accident had 2 fatalities. Sergeant Jerry Eaton Brooks RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/50700 Cornell 15263, Pilot Officer Leslie Saunders Smoker RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/25882 Cornell 15263

Unit Desciption

11 EFTS (11 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.

An overhead shot of the facilities of No. 11 Elementary Flying School at Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec

School operated by Quebec Airways and CP Air.

Information on RCAF Station Cap de la Madeleine can be found here

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station Cap de la Madeleine QC

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