Winnipeg, Manitoba
13 Elementary Flying Training School, St Eugene, Ontario. Sergeant Taylor was the only casualty when Fleet Finch aircraft 4722, engaged in an instrument instructional flight, crashed three miles south-west of St Benoit, Quebec.
Taylor, Leslie Lawson (Sergeant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-November-08
Birth Date: 1922-January-02
Born: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Parents: Son of Leslie and Lillian A. Taylor, of St. Boniface, Manitoba; husband of Dorothy W. Taylor, of St. Boniface, Manitoba.
Spouse: Husband of Dorothy W. Taylor, of St. Boniface, Manitoba.
Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
13 EFTS- Elementary Flying Training School
Base
RCAF Stn. St Eugene, Ontario
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/95172
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Accident Card - Fleet Finch Finch II serial:4722
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-November-08. Fleet Finch II s/n 4722.
This accident involved 2 people. Taylor LL, Yost JM
This accident had 1 fatality. Sergeant Leslie Lawson Taylor RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/95172 Finch 4722
Unit Desciption
13 EFTS (13 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.
St Eugene EFTS13
More information on RCAF Station St Eugene can be found here
RCAF.info - RCAF Station St Eugene Ontario
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Hawkesbury Ontario
Notable students from 13 ETFS Wing Commander Fred Jones
Vintage Wings - Wing Commander Fred Jones and his connection to the Poem High Flight
Project 44 BCATP
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