Lachute, Quebec
13 Service Flying Training School, St Hubert, Quebec. Harvard aircraft 3090, 3092, 3109, and 2931 ran out of fuel during a cross-country training exercise to Rockcliffe, Ontario. Warrant Officer V.D. Legacy and Leading Aircraftman Theoret were both killed in aircraft 3090 which crashed at Ragged Lake Mountain near Malone, New York, USA. Pilot Officer R.A. Thomson was the pilot of aircraft 3092 and was also killed.
Theoret, Joseph Charles Hormidas (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-June-16
Birth Date: 1921-October-30
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Home: Lachute, Quebec
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Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
13 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
St Hubert, Quebec, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/108354
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Harvard 3090
Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.IIB serial:3090
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-June-16. Harvard II s/n 3090.
This accident involved 2 people. Legacy VC, Theoret JC
This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Joseph Charles Hormidas Theoret RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/108354 Harvard 3090, Warrant Officer 2nd Class Valerie David Legacy RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/64820 Harvard 3090
Unit Desciption
13 SFTS (13 Service Flying Training School)
Graduates of the EFTS "learn-to-fly" program went on a Service Flying Training School (SFTS) for 16 weeks. For the first 8 weeks the trainee was part of an intermediate training squadron; for the next 6 weeks an advanced training squadron and for the final 2 weeks training was conducted at a Bombing & Gunnery School. The Service schools were military establishments run by the RCAF or the RAF.
There were two different types of Service Flying Training Schools. Trainees in the fighter pilot stream went to an SFTS like No. 14 Aylmer, where they trained in the North American Harvard or North American Yale. Trainees in the bomber, coastal or transport pilot stream went to an SFTS like No. 5 Brantford where they learned multi-engine technique in an Airspeed Oxford, Avro Anson or Cessna Crane.
Class NO13 EFTS
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