R/53927
Leading Aircraftman
No 1 Service Flying Training School
Royal Canadian Air Force
World War II
Citation: War Medal 1939-45,
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal
Age 27
Son of Theodore Arthur Thomas Bates and Grace Alida (nee Scribner) Bates of Guelph, Ontario. Brother of Thomas. Husband of Ruth Grace (nee Schultis) Bates, of Brantford, Ontario.
Commonwealth War Dead
LAC Bates is also commemorated on Panel 1, Column 1 of the Ottawa Memorial.
Flight Lieutenant Peter Campbell (RAF) and Leading Aircraftman Ted Bates went missing on December 13, 1940, when their aircraft, Northrop A-17 Nomad 3521, was involved in a mid-air collision with another aircraft, Nomad 3512, over Lake Muskoka. Both aircraft were searching for a fellow airman who had gone missing during training the day before. Following the crash, only Nomad 3512 and its pilot and co-pilot were located. The Nomad 3521, with Flight Lieutenant Campbell and Leading Aircraftsman Bates onboard, remained missing for nearly 72 years.
The remains of the airmen were located and recovered by members of the Royal Canadian Navy's Fleet Diving Unit (Atlantic) during a dive to the aircraft wreckage in Lake Muskoka in October 2012.
Ted Bates earned his commercial pilot wings in 1936 and was based in Ottawa when he was asked by the army, a few months after the war started, if he would teach flying. An adventurer, he said yes and graduated December 12, 1940 from a teaching course at the RCAF base in Borden. He was supposed to go on vacation the next day, but when he heard about the missing pilot he volunteered for the search mission.
Flight Lieutenant Campbell and Leading Aircraftman Bates were laid to rest with full military honours in an interment ceremony on September 17, 2013.
Leading Aircraftman
No 1 Service Flying Training School
Royal Canadian Air Force
World War II
Citation: War Medal 1939-45,
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal
Age 27
Son of Theodore Arthur Thomas Bates and Grace Alida (nee Scribner) Bates of Guelph, Ontario. Brother of Thomas. Husband of Ruth Grace (nee Schultis) Bates, of Brantford, Ontario.
Commonwealth War Dead
LAC Bates is also commemorated on Panel 1, Column 1 of the Ottawa Memorial.
Flight Lieutenant Peter Campbell (RAF) and Leading Aircraftman Ted Bates went missing on December 13, 1940, when their aircraft, Northrop A-17 Nomad 3521, was involved in a mid-air collision with another aircraft, Nomad 3512, over Lake Muskoka. Both aircraft were searching for a fellow airman who had gone missing during training the day before. Following the crash, only Nomad 3512 and its pilot and co-pilot were located. The Nomad 3521, with Flight Lieutenant Campbell and Leading Aircraftsman Bates onboard, remained missing for nearly 72 years.
The remains of the airmen were located and recovered by members of the Royal Canadian Navy's Fleet Diving Unit (Atlantic) during a dive to the aircraft wreckage in Lake Muskoka in October 2012.
Ted Bates earned his commercial pilot wings in 1936 and was based in Ottawa when he was asked by the army, a few months after the war started, if he would teach flying. An adventurer, he said yes and graduated December 12, 1940 from a teaching course at the RCAF base in Borden. He was supposed to go on vacation the next day, but when he heard about the missing pilot he volunteered for the search mission.
Flight Lieutenant Campbell and Leading Aircraftman Bates were laid to rest with full military honours in an interment ceremony on September 17, 2013.
R/53927
Leading Aircraftman
No 1 Service Flying Training School
Royal Canadian Air Force
World War II
Citation: War Medal 1939-45,
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal
Age 27
Son of Theodore Arthur Thomas Bates and Grace Alida (nee Scribner) Bates of Guelph, Ontario. Brother of Thomas. Husband of Ruth Grace (nee Schultis) Bates, of Brantford, Ontario.
Commonwealth War Dead
LAC Bates is also commemorated on Panel 1, Column 1 of the Ottawa Memorial.
Flight Lieutenant Peter Campbell (RAF) and Leading Aircraftman Ted Bates went missing on December 13, 1940, when their aircraft, Northrop A-17 Nomad 3521, was involved in a mid-air collision with another aircraft, Nomad 3512, over Lake Muskoka. Both aircraft were searching for a fellow airman who had gone missing during training the day before. Following the crash, only Nomad 3512 and its pilot and co-pilot were located. The Nomad 3521, with Flight Lieutenant Campbell and Leading Aircraftsman Bates onboard, remained missing for nearly 72 years.
The remains of the airmen were located and recovered by members of the Royal Canadian Navy's Fleet Diving Unit (Atlantic) during a dive to the aircraft wreckage in Lake Muskoka in October 2012.
Ted Bates earned his commercial pilot wings in 1936 and was based in Ottawa when he was asked by the army, a few months after the war started, if he would teach flying. An adventurer, he said yes and graduated December 12, 1940 from a teaching course at the RCAF base in Borden. He was supposed to go on vacation the next day, but when he heard about the missing pilot he volunteered for the search mission.
Flight Lieutenant Campbell and Leading Aircraftman Bates were laid to rest with full military honours in an interment ceremony on September 17, 2013.
Leading Aircraftman
No 1 Service Flying Training School
Royal Canadian Air Force
World War II
Citation: War Medal 1939-45,
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal
Age 27
Son of Theodore Arthur Thomas Bates and Grace Alida (nee Scribner) Bates of Guelph, Ontario. Brother of Thomas. Husband of Ruth Grace (nee Schultis) Bates, of Brantford, Ontario.
Commonwealth War Dead
LAC Bates is also commemorated on Panel 1, Column 1 of the Ottawa Memorial.
Flight Lieutenant Peter Campbell (RAF) and Leading Aircraftman Ted Bates went missing on December 13, 1940, when their aircraft, Northrop A-17 Nomad 3521, was involved in a mid-air collision with another aircraft, Nomad 3512, over Lake Muskoka. Both aircraft were searching for a fellow airman who had gone missing during training the day before. Following the crash, only Nomad 3512 and its pilot and co-pilot were located. The Nomad 3521, with Flight Lieutenant Campbell and Leading Aircraftsman Bates onboard, remained missing for nearly 72 years.
The remains of the airmen were located and recovered by members of the Royal Canadian Navy's Fleet Diving Unit (Atlantic) during a dive to the aircraft wreckage in Lake Muskoka in October 2012.
Ted Bates earned his commercial pilot wings in 1936 and was based in Ottawa when he was asked by the army, a few months after the war started, if he would teach flying. An adventurer, he said yes and graduated December 12, 1940 from a teaching course at the RCAF base in Borden. He was supposed to go on vacation the next day, but when he heard about the missing pilot he volunteered for the search mission.
Flight Lieutenant Campbell and Leading Aircraftman Bates were laid to rest with full military honours in an interment ceremony on September 17, 2013.
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