Oakville, Ontario
LAC Atkins lost his life when Cessna Crane aircraft 7901 crashed two miles west of the aerodrome at Yorkton.
Atkins, George Carman (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-October-15
Birth Date: 1924-April-08
Born: Hamilton Ontario
Parents: Son of George and Marie E. Atkins, of Oakville.
Spouse:
Home: Oakville, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
11 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
RCAF Stn. Yorkton, Saskatchewan
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/193321
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Unit Desciption
11 SFTS (11 Service Flying Training School)
Graduates of the EFTS "learn-to-fly" program went on a Service Flying Training School (SFTS) for 16 weeks. For the first 8 weeks the trainee was part of an intermediate training squadron; for the next 6 weeks an advanced training squadron and for the final 2 weeks training was conducted at a Bombing & Gunnery School. The Service schools were military establishments run by the RCAF or the RAF.
There were two different types of Service Flying Training Schools. Trainees in the fighter pilot stream went to an SFTS like No. 14 Aylmer, where they trained in the North American Harvard or North American Yale. Trainees in the bomber, coastal or transport pilot stream went to an SFTS like No. 5 Brantford where they learned multi-engine technique in an Airspeed Oxford, Avro Anson or Cessna Crane.
NO11 SFTS Opening Day 1941
For more Information on RCAF Station Yorkton see here
RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Yorkton SK
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Sturdee SK
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Rhein SK
11 SFTS Yorkton SK History
Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial - 11 SFTS Yorkton History
Vintage Wings - Ghosts of Saskatchewan
YouTube - Abandoned Saskatchewan