Camrose, Alberta
Yale aircraft 3420 either stalled or went into a spin and crashed four miles south-west of Burford, Ontario. Flying Officer W. Bieber was also killed.
Wagner, Frederick August (Corporal)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-August-07
Birth Date: 1899-March-08
Born: Grafton, North Dakota
Parents: Son of August Frederick and Maude Wagner, of Ohaton, Alberta.
Spouse: Husband of Ida Myrtle Wagner, of Camrose.
Home: Camrose, Alberta
Enlistment: Edmonton, Alberta
Enlistment Date: 1941-August-14
Service
RCAF
Unit
4 WS- Wireless School
Base
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Corporal
Position
Service Numbers
R/121771
School Daily Diary Entry - 1943-08-07
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Accident Card - North American Yale serial:3420
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-August-07. Yale s/n 3420.
This accident involved 2 people. Bieber WJ, Wagner FA
This accident had 2 fatalities. Flying Officer Wilbert Jacob Bieber RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/21271 Yale 3420, Corporal Frederick August Wagner RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/121771 Yale 3420
Unit Desciption
4 WS (4 Wireless School)
Trainees in the "Wireless Air Gunner" (WAG) stream spent 24 weeks at a Wireless Schoo learning the theory and application of wireless communications. This included signalling with lights and flags as well as radio. Their "WAG" training was completed with four weeks at a Bombing & Gunnery School.
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