Teer, Leonard Herbert (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-February-17

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Birth Date: 1921-May-11

Born: Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England

Parents: Son of Herbert Campbell Teer and Minnie Miriam (nee Savage) of South Shields, County Durham, England

Spouse:

Home: South Shields, County Durham, England

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

36 (OT) OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF)

Base

RCAF Station Greenwood, Nova Scotia

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

154644

Home

South Shields, County Durham, England

Final Burial

Middleton Old Holy Trinity Cemetery
Section 1 Grave 2

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Crew or Other Personnel

Mosquito KB109

Flying Officer Richard George Gilmour RCAF

Flying Officer Gilmour, Richard George (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-February-17
Hythe Cemetery, Hythe, Alberta, Canada

Pilot Officer Leonard Herbert Teer RAFVR

Pilot Officer Teer, Leonard Herbert (RAFVR)
Navigator
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-February-17
Middleton Old Holy Trinity Cemetery, Middleton, Nova Scotia, Canada

Accident Card - de Havilland Mosquito B.Mk. XX serial:KB109

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-February-17. Mosquito BXX s/n KB109.

This accident involved 2 people. Gilmour RG, Teer LH

This accident had 2 fatalities. Pilot Officer Leonard Herbert Teer RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:154644 Mosquito KB109, Flying Officer Richard George Gilmour RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/12225 Mosquito KB109

Mission

Mosquito B.Mk. XX KB109

Operational 1944-February-17 to 1944-February-17

36 (OT) OTU (RCAF) RCAF Station Greenwood, Nova Scotia

36 Operational Training Unit, RCAF Station Greenwood, Nova Scotia. Canadian-built Mosquito aircraft KB 109 broke up in mid-air during a six-plane formation flying training exercise and crashed one mile west of Auburn, Nova Scotia.

Pilot, Flying Officer Richard George Gilmour (RCAF) and Navigator, Pilot Officer Leonard Herbert Teer (RAFVR) were both killed in this flying accident

Flying Officer Gilmour had thirty three flying hours on Mosquito aircraft at the time of this accident. The Accident Investigation concluded that the most likely cause of the crash was structural failure due to excessive speed in a dive

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Unit Desciption

36 (OT) OTU (36 Operational Training Unit)

The Operational Training Unit (OTU) was the last stop for aircrew trainees. They spent 8 to 14 weeks learning to fly operational aircraft (Hawker Hurricane or Fairey Swordfish, e.g.). The instructors had experience in actual operations, and often were posted to OTUs after their operational tour.