#1 SFTS's Northrop A-17 Nomad #3512 aircraft, flying in formation, was in a mid-air collision with another Nomad aircraft, #3521. As a result, both aircraft crashed into Lake Muskoka in Ontario and four young airmen lost their lives. In the search which followed, only Nomad #3512 was located; it wasn't until October 2012 that Nomad #3521's wreckage was finally recovered.
~RAF Sergeant Lionel FRANCIS and RCAF Leading Aircraftman Phillip William GOSLING were flying Nomad #3512.
~RAF Flight Lieutenant Peter CAMPBELL and RCAF Leading Aircraftman Theodore Scribner BATES were flying Northrop A-17 #3521.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Service Number: 580278
Age: 22
Service: Royal Air Force
Division: #1 Service flying Training School (SFTS); RCAF Camp Borden, Ontario]
Son of D. L. Francis and Beatrice Francis of Pontyclun, Glamorgan, Wales.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
#1 SFTS's Northrop A-17 Nomad #3512 aircraft, flying in formation, was in a mid-air collision with another Nomad aircraft, #3521. As a result, both aircraft crashed into Lake Muskoka in Ontario and four young airmen lost their lives. In the search which followed, only Nomad #3512 was located; it wasn't until October 2012 that Nomad #3521's wreckage was finally recovered.
~RAF Sergeant Lionel FRANCIS and RCAF Leading Aircraftman Phillip William GOSLING were flying Nomad #3512.
~RAF Flight Lieutenant Peter CAMPBELL and RCAF Leading Aircraftman Theodore Scribner BATES were flying Northrop A-17 #3521.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Service Number: 580278
Age: 22
Service: Royal Air Force
Division: #1 Service flying Training School (SFTS); RCAF Camp Borden, Ontario]
Son of D. L. Francis and Beatrice Francis of Pontyclun, Glamorgan, Wales.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Inscription
(Epitaph...)
GREATER LOVE HATH
NO MAN THAN THIS
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN
HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
