Stempel, Lawrence Sidney (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1939-November-29

Birth Date: 1916-November-15
Born: Biggar, Battleford Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada
Parents: Son of Allwyn Wilfrid Stempel and Winnifred (nee Hall) Stempel, of Saskatoon
Spouse:
Home: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Enlistment: Regina, Saskatchewan
Enlistment Date: 1938-June-07
Service
RCAF
Unit
(OT) CFS- Central Flying School
Base
RCAF Trenton
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Armourer
Service Numbers
9888
Crew or Other Personnel
Oxford 1509
Accident Card - Airspeed Oxford Mk. II serial:1509
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1939-November-29. Oxford I s/n 1509.
This accident involved 4 people. Clements LA, Lee JG, Maher GT, Stempel LS
This accident had 4 fatalities. Pilot Officer John Gosnell Lee RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:C/979 Oxford 1509, Leading Aircraftman Lawrence Sidney Stempel RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:9888 Oxford 1509, Pilot Officer Laurence Alleyne Clements RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:C/1008 Oxford 1509, Pilot Officer Gregory Thomas Maher RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:C/976 Oxford 1509
Mission
Oxford Mk. II 1509
Operational 1939-November-29 to 1939-November-29
1 (OT) CFS (RCAF) RCAF Station Trenton
1 Central Flying School, RCAF Station Trenton. Oxford II aircraft 1509 was one of a two aircraft flight returning from a training flight to the Air Firing and Bombing Range at Consecon, Ontario when it stalled and crashed two miles east of RCAF Station Trenton with the loss of the aircraft and the four crew members aboard
Pilot Officer L A Clements (RCAF), Pilot Officer L G Lee (RCAF), Pilot Officer G T Maher (RCAF) and Leading Aircraftman L S Stempel (RCAF) were all killed in this flying training accident
This may have been the first RCAF Oxford loss