North American Harvard aircraft #AJ761 swung on take-off, hitting LAC Markham’s Harvard aircraft #AJ 818 at the aerodrome at Medicine Hat. RCAF Pilot Officer John Green HOAR was also killed in aircraft AJ818.
There were no casualties in aircraft #AJ 761.
Military Service-
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Trade: Pilot (Under Training)
Service Number: 657257
Died on 22/01/1942
Age: 23
Service: Royal Air Force
Division: #34 SFTS (Service Flying Training School) [Medicine Hat, Alberta]
Son of Alfred John and Annie Elizabeth Markham of Stow-Heath, Wolverhampton, England.
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The following information was provided by FG #46917968 (Alison) on November 26, 2018:
From Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Leading Aircraftman
MARKHAM, ERIC THOMAS
Service Number 657257
Died 22/01/1942
Aged 23
Royal Air Force
Son of Alfred John and Annie Elizabeth Markham, of Stow-Heath, Wolverhampton, England.
From the book :- They Shall Grow Not Old
Markham, Eric Thomas LAC RAF. From Wolverhampton, England Killed Jan.22/42 age 23. #34 Service Training School, Medicine Hat, Alberta. Havard aircraft #AJ761 swung on take-off and hit LAC Markham's Harvard aircraft #AJ 818 on the aerodrome at Medicine Hat.
P/O John Green Hoar was also killed in aircraft AJ818. There were no casualties in aircraft #AJ 761
North American Harvard aircraft #AJ761 swung on take-off, hitting LAC Markham’s Harvard aircraft #AJ 818 at the aerodrome at Medicine Hat. RCAF Pilot Officer John Green HOAR was also killed in aircraft AJ818.
There were no casualties in aircraft #AJ 761.
Military Service-
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Trade: Pilot (Under Training)
Service Number: 657257
Died on 22/01/1942
Age: 23
Service: Royal Air Force
Division: #34 SFTS (Service Flying Training School) [Medicine Hat, Alberta]
Son of Alfred John and Annie Elizabeth Markham of Stow-Heath, Wolverhampton, England.
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The following information was provided by FG #46917968 (Alison) on November 26, 2018:
From Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Leading Aircraftman
MARKHAM, ERIC THOMAS
Service Number 657257
Died 22/01/1942
Aged 23
Royal Air Force
Son of Alfred John and Annie Elizabeth Markham, of Stow-Heath, Wolverhampton, England.
From the book :- They Shall Grow Not Old
Markham, Eric Thomas LAC RAF. From Wolverhampton, England Killed Jan.22/42 age 23. #34 Service Training School, Medicine Hat, Alberta. Havard aircraft #AJ761 swung on take-off and hit LAC Markham's Harvard aircraft #AJ 818 on the aerodrome at Medicine Hat.
P/O John Green Hoar was also killed in aircraft AJ818. There were no casualties in aircraft #AJ 761
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