Military Service
Service Number: J/28300
Age: 26
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Pilot Officer / Pilot.
He attended schools in Rockwood as well as Guelph Collegiate before going to the University of Toronto where he took Applied Science and Mechanical Engineering. He worked for Hydro Electric, Massey Harris, and was employed at Proctor and Gamble as a Mechanical Engineer just prior to enlisting.
He enlisted in Hamilton, Ontario on May 18, 1942.
He was killed along with two trainee pilots in a crash near Eden, Manitoba during a cross-country instrument training flight in a twin engine Anson aircraft. The accident review concluded that they likely encountered aircraft icing, while training to fly on instruments only, became disoriented and crashed.
Students who died in the same crash:
Leading Aircraftman Duncan Cameron MacKenzie
Leading Aircraftman Peter Jack Nicholls
Husband of Katherine Louise (nee Whitehead) Harris of Toronto. He was the father of twins Gordon and Katherine.
Military Service
Service Number: J/28300
Age: 26
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Pilot Officer / Pilot.
He attended schools in Rockwood as well as Guelph Collegiate before going to the University of Toronto where he took Applied Science and Mechanical Engineering. He worked for Hydro Electric, Massey Harris, and was employed at Proctor and Gamble as a Mechanical Engineer just prior to enlisting.
He enlisted in Hamilton, Ontario on May 18, 1942.
He was killed along with two trainee pilots in a crash near Eden, Manitoba during a cross-country instrument training flight in a twin engine Anson aircraft. The accident review concluded that they likely encountered aircraft icing, while training to fly on instruments only, became disoriented and crashed.
Students who died in the same crash:
Leading Aircraftman Duncan Cameron MacKenzie
Leading Aircraftman Peter Jack Nicholls
Husband of Katherine Louise (nee Whitehead) Harris of Toronto. He was the father of twins Gordon and Katherine.
Inscription
"I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT.
I HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE.
I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH."
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