Wortley, Douglas Buchanan (Aircraftman 2nd Class)

Killed in Flying Accident 1941-September-21

Aircraftman 2nd Class Douglas Buchanan Wortley RCAF

Birth Date: 1918-August-10

Born:

Parents: Son of James and Jessie Wortley; husband of Irene C. Wortley, of Port Moody, British Columbia.

Spouse: Husband of Irene C. Wortley, of Port Moody, British Columbia.

Home: Port Moody, British Columbia

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

7 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

RCAF Stn. Patricia Bay, British Columbia

Rank

Aircraftman 2nd Class

Position

Service Numbers

R/118313

Home

Port Moody, British Columbia

Temporary Burial

Crash Site, 4.5 miles north-west of Yale, British Columbia

Memorial Location

Ottawa War Memorial
Panel 1 Column 2

AC2 D.B. Wortley, Sergeant L.P. Britland and Flying Officer L.W. Brooks were all killed when Anson aircraft 9818 crashed four and one half miles north-west of Yale, British Columbia. All 3 men were cremated and buried at the crash site. AC2 Wortley was employed as a Driver at 7 SFTS, MacLeod, Alberta and apparently was flying home on leave on a ferry flight when the aircraft crashed.

Unvetted Source Article from Esprit de Corps Magazine regarding the attempted recovery of the Crew by Anne Gafiuk

Canada Primary Source Ancestry.ca - Service File of War Dead 1939-47

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Crew or Other Personnel

Anson N9818

Sergeant Lionel Poston Britland RCAF

Sergeant Britland, Lionel Poston (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Flying Accident
1941-September-21
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Flying Officer Lloyd William Brooks RCAF

Flying Officer Brooks, Lloyd William (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1941-September-21
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Aircraftman 2nd Class Douglas Buchanan Wortley RCAF

Aircraftman 2nd Class Wortley, Douglas Buchanan (RCAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1941-September-21
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. I serial:N9818

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1941-September-21. Anson s/n 9818.

This accident involved 3 people. Britland LP, Brooks LW, Wortley DB

This accident had 3 fatalities. Aircraftman 2nd Class Douglas Buchanan Wortley RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/118313 Anson N9818, Flying Officer Lloyd William Brooks RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:C/2649 Anson N9818, Sergeant Lionel Poston Britland RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:2341A Anson N9818

Unit Desciption

7 SFTS (7 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.