Glenister, John Michael (Cadet)

Killed in Flying Accident 1955-August-02

Birth Date: 1936-June-06

Born: Halifax, Nova Scotia

Parents: Son of Ernest Ireson Glenister MD and Mary Stella Gertrude (nee Burke) Glenister of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Brother of Paul and Peter Glenister

Spouse:

Home: Halifax, Nova Scotia

Enlistment: Halifax Nova Scotia

Enlistment Date: 1952-November-12

Service

RCN

Unit

2 FTS- Flying Training School

Base

RCAF Moosejaw

Rank

Cadet

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

U/28425

Home
Google MapHalifax, Nova Scotia
Final Burial
Google MapGate Of Heaven Cemetery
Sec 4 Plot B Grave 106

2 Flying Training School RCAF Moosejaw. Harvard II aircraft AJ933 crashed 35 miles south of Moose Jaw 1955-08-02. Shortly after take off the aircraft entered a spin at the top of a loop and crashed inverted in a farm field. John Bradley

Assigned to: RCN(R) HMCS SCOTIAN

Student pilot Cadet J M Glenister RCN(R) was killed and the aircraft destroyed in this flying accident Sources: The Leader-Post 3 August 1955, p1/4 August 1955, p30

Canada's Naval Aviators by John MacFarlane and Robbie Hughes page 70

Unvetted Source Aviation Safety Network

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

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