Roland John Groome

Roland John Groome
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1897 – 1935

Born10 July 1897Died20 September 1935 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, aged 38

Co-founded the Aerial Service Company with Edward Clarke (1919), registering Canada's first aircraft (C-GAAA, a Curtiss JN-4); received the first commercial pilot's licence issued in Canada, April 1920; helped found the Regina Flying Club (1927) and served as its flying instructor until his death.

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Frederick Groome 1864–1948 father

Ruth Emmeline Jaquest 1868–1956 mother

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20 September 1935 Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Killed, together with his student Arnold Sym, when the control rod on the aileron of the Avro Avian they were flying failed and the aircraft crashed near Regina during a training flight.

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1890s
Born 10 July 1897
1910s
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Military service March 1917

Enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps (recorded by the Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan as "Royal Air Force", the post-April-1918 name) and served through the First World War as a flying instructor at Camp Mohawk, Ontario — the training a Toronto local-history group was particularly interested in, per his niece Ruth's 2026 email.

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Occupation (Aviator / Flying Instructor) 1919–1935

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Co-founded the Aerial Service Company with Edward Clarke (1919), registering Canada's first aircraft (C-GAAA, a Curtiss JN-4); received the first commercial pilot's licence issued in Canada, April 1920; helped found the Regina Flying Club (1927) and served as its flying instructor until his death.

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Medical (Cause of death) 20 September 1935

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Killed, together with his student Arnold Sym, when the control rod on the aileron of the Avro Avian they were flying failed and the aircraft crashed near Regina during a training flight.

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Died 20 September 1935

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada