Two airmen perished when #3 Wireless School's Fleet Fort 60F (#3611) aircraft crashed, shortly following the take-off, 1 ½ miles north of La Salle, Manitoba.
The casualties of this accident were-
Sergeant Earle Clinton VANCE and Aircraftman 2nd Class John Thomas Desmond CUMMINS.
[The Fleet Fort aircraft was used to train wireless (radio) operators and had a relatively short operational career.]
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade-Pilot
Service Number: R/142757
Age: 19
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #3 Wireless School, Winnipeg, Manitoba
A hardware clerk by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 5 Dec 1941 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Son of Clinton Newton Vance and Viola Irene (née Clapp) Vance of Edmonton.
Sergeant Earle Clinton Vance is commemorated on Page 222 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
The casualties of this accident were-
Sergeant Earle Clinton VANCE and Aircraftman 2nd Class John Thomas Desmond CUMMINS.
[The Fleet Fort aircraft was used to train wireless (radio) operators and had a relatively short operational career.]
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade-Pilot
Service Number: R/142757
Age: 19
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #3 Wireless School, Winnipeg, Manitoba
A hardware clerk by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 5 Dec 1941 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Son of Clinton Newton Vance and Viola Irene (née Clapp) Vance of Edmonton.
Sergeant Earle Clinton Vance is commemorated on Page 222 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Two airmen perished when #3 Wireless School's Fleet Fort 60F (#3611) aircraft crashed, shortly following the take-off, 1 ½ miles north of La Salle, Manitoba.
The casualties of this accident were-
Sergeant Earle Clinton VANCE and Aircraftman 2nd Class John Thomas Desmond CUMMINS.
[The Fleet Fort aircraft was used to train wireless (radio) operators and had a relatively short operational career.]
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade-Pilot
Service Number: R/142757
Age: 19
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #3 Wireless School, Winnipeg, Manitoba
A hardware clerk by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 5 Dec 1941 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Son of Clinton Newton Vance and Viola Irene (née Clapp) Vance of Edmonton.
Sergeant Earle Clinton Vance is commemorated on Page 222 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
The casualties of this accident were-
Sergeant Earle Clinton VANCE and Aircraftman 2nd Class John Thomas Desmond CUMMINS.
[The Fleet Fort aircraft was used to train wireless (radio) operators and had a relatively short operational career.]
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade-Pilot
Service Number: R/142757
Age: 19
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #3 Wireless School, Winnipeg, Manitoba
A hardware clerk by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 5 Dec 1941 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Son of Clinton Newton Vance and Viola Irene (née Clapp) Vance of Edmonton.
Sergeant Earle Clinton Vance is commemorated on Page 222 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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