Cecil Foster was born in Toowoomba on 10 August 1915, to Wilfred Jack Foster and his wife Mabel Rose (née Brister). Cecil had a brother and sister, Kenneth Mark (5 years) and Violet (2 years).
Wackett Trainer A3-158, of No. 3 Wireless Air Gunners' School at Maryborough, made a forced landing during a W/T training flight in a paddock at Bingham, near Maryborough, with ignition trouble. The aircraft lost height rapidly after developing engine trouble, forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing in a farmer's paddock.
The aircraft overshot the paddock, and the pilot was unable to prevent it hitting a boundary fence. The investigation found that the damage caused to the aircraft was due to an error of judgement by the pilot, and to his inexperience.
The aircraft was seriously damaged and was subsequently converted to parts. Of the two occupants, one was slightly injured and the other uninjured. The pilot of the Wackett was F.P. Bulbeck, and the passenger was C.R.H. Foster.
The property owner was reimbursed £9/12/4 by the Commonwealth for the damage to his fence.
