Wortley, Douglas Buchanan (Aircraftman 2nd Class)

Killed in Flying Accident 1941-09-21

Birth Date: 1918-August-10

Born:

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

Home: Port Moody, British Columbia

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

7 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

RCAF Stn. Patricia Bay, British Columbia

Rank

Aircraftman 2nd Class

Position

Aircraftman 2nd Class

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

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

www.findagrave.com

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Anson N9818

Male Head

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

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

Aircraftman 2nd Class Wortley, Douglas Buchanan (RCAF)

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

Avro Anson

Avro Anson Mk. V
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
The Museum's Anson Mk. V was built by MacDonald Brothers in Winnipeg in 1944. It flew with No. 7 Photographic Wing and No. 414 Squadron in Ottawa on photo survey work until the late 1940s. In 1956, it was purchased by INCO and used for mineral surveying until 1980, when it was donated to the Museum. The exterior is painted in the yellow colour common to all BCATP trainers and is in its same wartime RCAF markings.

The Avro Anson was known by a number of nicknames including "Faithful Annie" or "Flying Greenhouse". It was the first aircraft to be flown by the Royal Canadian Air Force to have a retractable undercarriage, which was a comparative novelty in 1936. In 1940, a Canadian government owned company, Federal Aircraft Limited, was created in Montreal to manufacture the Anson for Canadian use. Nearly 3,000 Anson aircraft were produced and, in the early days of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), the Anson was the standard trainer for many pilots, observers (navigators), wireless operators and bomb aimers. More than 20,000 aircrew received training on the Anson. In Canadian service, the aircraft was substantially re-designed with the substitution of North American engines and many other airframe and equipment changes.Harold Skaarup web pages

unvetted Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page

YouTube Avro Anson History

YouTube Avro Anson Construction

Anson N9818

Anson Mk. I N9818

Assigned to Western Air Command on 3 September 1941, for use by No. 32 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC. Destroyed when it struck a mountain peak north-west of Yale, BC late in the afternoon on 21 September 1941. All 3 occupants killed, pilot Pilot Officer L.W. Brooks, Sgt. L.P. Bretland and D.B. Hartley (on leave from McLeod, Alberta). Aircraft was ferrying to Western Air Command when it crashed. Crash location also reported as 4.5 miles south-west of Yale?

1941-06-25 Taken on Strength Aircraft Repair 2019-08-20
1941-September-21 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Yale British Columbia Names: Britland | Brooks | Wortley
1942-02-21 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20

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.

Avro Anson Training Flight

For More information on RCAF Station Fort McLeod see here

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station MacLeod AB

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Granum AB

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Standoff AB

Museum Bomber Command Museum Of Canada

Museum Vintage Wings - Ghosts Of Southern Alberta

Project 44 BCATP

unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

YouTube YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of Democracy

Serial & Range (Clickable)	Count	Manufacturer	Location	Notes
3541 - 3542	2	Avro UK		Fuselages only, completed at de Havilland canada
6001 - 7068	1068	Avro UK	Newton Heath UK	Renumbered to Canadain serials
7069 - 7069	1	Federal Aircraft	Montreal Quebec Canada
7070 - 7173	104	Canadian Car & Foundry	Amherst Nova Scotia Canada
7174 - 7498	325	de Havilland Canada	Downsview Ontario Canada
7499 - 7622	124	Nation Steel Car (became Victory Nov 1942)	Malton Ontario Canada
8203 - 8353	151	Nation Steel Car (became Victory Nov 1942)	Malton Ontario Canada
8354 - 8403	50	Canadian Car & Foundry	Amherst Nova Scotia Canada
8404 - 8483	80	Ottawa Car & Aircraft	Ottawa Ontario Canada
8484 - 8648	165	MacDonald Brothers Aircraft	Winnipeg Manitoba Canada
10257 - 10257	1	Ex RAF
10497 - 10499	3	Ex RAF
11181 - 11281	101	Canadian Car & Foundry	Amherst Nova Scotia Canada
11282 - 11380	99	MacDonald Brothers Aircraft	Winnipeg Manitoba Canada
11321 - 11321	1	Victory Aircraft (formerly National Steel Car)	Malton Ontario Canada
11381 - 11580	200	Victory Aircraft (formerly National Steel Car)	Malton Ontario Canada
11581 - 11630	50	Canadian Car & Foundry	Amherst Nova Scotia Canada	c/n 4000-4049
11631 - 11680	50	MacDonald Brothers Aircraft	Winnipeg Manitoba Canada
11681 - 11930	250	Canadian Car & Foundry	Amherst Nova Scotia Canada	c/n 4050-4299
11931 - 12628	698	MacDonald Brothers Aircraft	Winnipeg Manitoba Canada
13881 - 13881	1	Federal Aircraft	Montreal Quebec Canada
8649X - 8649X	1	Federal Aircraft	Montreal Quebec Canada
FP687 - FP947	261	National Steel Car / Victory Aircraft	Malton Ontario Canada
FP948 - FP997	50	de Havilland Canada	Downsview Ontario Canada
FP998 - FP999	2	MacDonald Brothers Aircraft	Winnipeg Manitoba Canada
JS100 - JS132	33	MacDonald Brothers Aircraft	Winnipeg Manitoba Canada
JS133 - JS218	86	Canadian Car & Foundry	Amherst Nova Scotia Canada

CASPIR Resources

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Wortley, Douglas Buchanan (Aircraftman 2nd Class)

Killed in Flying Accident 1941-09-21

Home

Temporary Burial

Memorial Location

Anson N9818

Avro Anson

Anson N9818

Anson Mk. I N9818

7 SFTS (7 Service Flying Training School)

Specifications

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