Mount Hope Cemetery
Sergeant R.J. Vizor and Leading Aircraftman C.W. Taylor were killed when their Cornell aircraft - FH976 slipped in off a steep turn.
Vizor, Reginald James (Sergeant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-July-01
Birth Date: 1921
Born:
Parents: Son of Mrs. L. Cox, of Tetbury, Gloucestershire England
Spouse: husband of M. A. Vizor, of Camberwell, London, England.
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
34 EFTS- Elementary Flying Training School (RAF)
Base
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, Canada
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Service Numbers
1392779
School Daily Diary Entry - 1943-07-01
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.comCrew or Other Personnel
Cornell FH976
Accident Card - Fairchild Cornell Mk. I serial:FH976
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-July-01. Cornell I s/n FH976.
This accident involved 2 people. Taylor CW, Vizor RJ
This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Charles Woollard Taylor RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1801205 Cornell FH976, Sergeant Reginald James Vizor RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1392779 Cornell FH976
Unit Desciption
34 EFTS (34 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.
NO34 EFTS Assiniboia
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