Leading Aircraftman Shortt was one of two airmen who lost their lives as the result of the crash of their Yale (#3382) aircraft at Alliston, Ontario, on 23 Feb 1941.
Two days later, the second airman, Sergeant Benjamin ('Bennie') Jay SMITH died, of the injuries he'd sustained in the aircraft accident, in the RCAF Camp Borden Station Hospital.
Military Service:-
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Trade: Pilot (Under Training)
Service Number: R/71756
Age: 22
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #1 Service Flying Training School (SFTS) [Camp Borden]
A labourer/hockey player by trade, residing on Simcoe Street in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 21 August 1940 in Toronto, Ontario.
Son of Ernest Shortt of Oshawa, and son of the late and Pearl (née Bell) Shortt .
Leading Aircraftman Harry William Shortt is commemorated on Page 44 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Two days later, the second airman, Sergeant Benjamin ('Bennie') Jay SMITH died, of the injuries he'd sustained in the aircraft accident, in the RCAF Camp Borden Station Hospital.
Military Service:-
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Trade: Pilot (Under Training)
Service Number: R/71756
Age: 22
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #1 Service Flying Training School (SFTS) [Camp Borden]
A labourer/hockey player by trade, residing on Simcoe Street in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 21 August 1940 in Toronto, Ontario.
Son of Ernest Shortt of Oshawa, and son of the late and Pearl (née Bell) Shortt .
Leading Aircraftman Harry William Shortt is commemorated on Page 44 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Leading Aircraftman Shortt was one of two airmen who lost their lives as the result of the crash of their Yale (#3382) aircraft at Alliston, Ontario, on 23 Feb 1941.
Two days later, the second airman, Sergeant Benjamin ('Bennie') Jay SMITH died, of the injuries he'd sustained in the aircraft accident, in the RCAF Camp Borden Station Hospital.
Military Service:-
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Trade: Pilot (Under Training)
Service Number: R/71756
Age: 22
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #1 Service Flying Training School (SFTS) [Camp Borden]
A labourer/hockey player by trade, residing on Simcoe Street in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 21 August 1940 in Toronto, Ontario.
Son of Ernest Shortt of Oshawa, and son of the late and Pearl (née Bell) Shortt .
Leading Aircraftman Harry William Shortt is commemorated on Page 44 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Two days later, the second airman, Sergeant Benjamin ('Bennie') Jay SMITH died, of the injuries he'd sustained in the aircraft accident, in the RCAF Camp Borden Station Hospital.
Military Service:-
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Trade: Pilot (Under Training)
Service Number: R/71756
Age: 22
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #1 Service Flying Training School (SFTS) [Camp Borden]
A labourer/hockey player by trade, residing on Simcoe Street in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 21 August 1940 in Toronto, Ontario.
Son of Ernest Shortt of Oshawa, and son of the late and Pearl (née Bell) Shortt .
Leading Aircraftman Harry William Shortt is commemorated on Page 44 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
