James McIntyre Turner Leading Aircraftman R/147823 Royal Canadian Air Force September 7, 1923 Central Butte, Saskatchewan January 21, 1942 No. 4 RCAF Recruiting Centre, Saskatoon, SK Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 18 5 feet, 9 inches Fair Light Brown Blue Single Student Anglican James Duncan Turner (Father) September 6, 1942 18 Central Butte Cemetery, Saskatchewan Lot 145, Plot 4

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James McIntyre Turner was the son of James Duncan Turner (b. 1874) and Eleanor Maude Mary (Freeman) Turner (b. 1881) of Central Butte, Saskatchewan, and brother of Ogden Freeman Turner (b. 1913) and Mary Eunice Turner (b. 1914). James enjoyed swimming, fencing, and boxing, and completed his primary and secondary schooling in Central Butte from 1928-1940. From 1941-42, he studied engineering at the University of Saskatchewan. After enlisting in January of 1942, James was taken on strength with the No. 12 Service Flying Training School (12 SFTS) on March 28, 1942, where he trained until April 25th. Next, he trained at No. 2 Initial Training School (2 ITS) in Regina, Saskatchewan, and was subsequently transferred to the No. 2 Elementary Flying School (2 EFTS) in Fort William, Ontario, on August 2, 1942. On September 6, 1942, Leading Aircraftman James McIntyre Turner lost his life in a flying accident a day before his 19th birthday. The Chief Flying Instructor authorized James to fly at 4:25 pm. After take off, while making a turn to the left from his crosswind leg to approach the landing field, at a height of approximately 800 feet, he collided with Tiger Moth aircraft 5914, piloted by Corporal F. C. Hall [Service No.] R/80056 . Leading Aircraftman Turner is interred at the Central Butte Cemetery in Saskatchewan.