Whitmore, Aubrey Roy
Killed in Flying Accident 1944-06-02
Birth Date: 1923-November-11
Born:
Son of Roy and Clarice F. Whitmore, of Hamilton; husband of Vera M. Whitmore, of Toronto.
Home: Hamilton, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RCAF
Unit
1 FIS- Flying Instructor School
Base
Trenton, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Pilot Officer
Service Numbers
J/43312
Home
Hamilton, Ontario
First Burial
Woodland Cemetery, Hamilton, Ontario
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.findagrave.comThis incident involved multiple aircraft:
- Cornell Mk. I Serial: FH761
All the above aircraft in the above list are referenced in this report.
Fairchild Cornell
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
In early 1942, an agreement was signed between the Canadian Government and Fairchild Aircraft, which licenced Fleet Aircraft of Fort Erie, Ontario to construct the PT-26 Cornell in Canada. The first 800 Cornells used by the RCAF were supplied from Fairchild, until production commenced at Fort Erie in November 1942. By the end of the war in 1945, 2,853 Cornells had been built by Fleet - 1,565 for the RCAF and 1,288 for the RAF.
PT-26 Cornells were flown at many of the Elementary Flying Training Schools (EFTS) of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, where they replaced the Fleet Finch and the de Havilland Tiger Moth biplane trainers. After the Second World War, many Cornells were sold to the civilian market, but some were retained by the RCAF, where they were finally retired in 1948.CWPHM
Cornell Trainer
Wikipedia Cornell Trainer 
Harold A Skaarup Web Page 1 FIS (1 Flying Instructors School)
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Trenton ON
Cornell FH761
Cornell Mk. I FH761
Ex USAAF PT-26, serial number 42-14409. To RCAF in Canada, retained RAF serial number.1942-10-03 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
1944-June-02 Accident: 1 Flying Instructor School Loc: Madoc Names: Lybbert | Whitmore
1944-06-27 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07