Hughes, Edward Thomas (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-October-06

Male Head

Birth Date: 1923

Born:

Parents: Son of Thomas A. Hughes and of Mary E. Hughes (nee Brown), of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Spouse:

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RNZAF

Unit

3 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Service Numbers

416426

Final Burial

Burnsland Cemetery
Lot 27 Block 8 Sec G

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Crew or Other Personnel

Crane 8133

Leading Aircraftman Roy Alan Frederick Chenery RAFVR

Leading Aircraftman Chenery, Roy Alan Frederick (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1942-October-06
Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Edward Thomas Hughes RNZAF

Leading Aircraftman Hughes, Edward Thomas (RNZAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1942-October-06
Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Accident Card - Cessna Crane Mk. I serial:8133

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-October-06. Cessna Crane I s/n 8133.

This accident involved 3 people. Chenery, Hughes ET, Mcmonnies GS

This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Edward Thomas Hughes RNZAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:416426 Crane 8133, Leading Aircraftman Roy Alan Frederick Chenery RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1375149 Crane 8133

Unit Desciption

3 SFTS (3 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.