London, Ontario
Pilot Officer Wilkes and Leading Aircraftman G. Yearsley were engaged in flying sequences 6, 7, 8, and 22 and were killed when Harvard aircraft 2604 crashed three quarters of a mile south of Banks, Ontario.
Yearsley, Gordon Ameson (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1941-October-19
Birth Date: 1915-June-17
Born:
Parents: Son of Gordon and Alma E. Yearsley, of London.
Spouse:
Home: London, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
1 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Camp Borden, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/78680
School Daily Diary Entry - 1941-10-19
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Harvard 2604
Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:2604
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1941-October-19. Harvard s/n 2604.
This accident involved 2 people. Wilkes RD, Yearsley GA
This accident had 2 fatalities. Pilot Officer Robert Dixon Wilkes RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/5119 Harvard 2604, Leading Aircraftman Gordon Ameson Yearsley RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/78680 Harvard 2604
Unit Desciption
1 SFTS (1 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.
Currently the site of CFB Borden. Heliport and grass strip remains. CYBN
Camp Borden Class 1917
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