Edmonton, Alberta
Cessna Crane aircraft 8087 crashed and burned three miles north-west of Rhein, Saskatchewan. LACs B. Andrus and J.G. McCowan were also killed.
Martin, James Stanley (Flight Sergeant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-May-11
Birth Date: 1918-December-20
Born:
Parents: Son of George E. Martin and Charlotte H. Martin, of Edmonton.
Spouse:
Home: Edmonton, Alberta
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
11 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/60905
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Crew or Other Personnel
Crane 8087
Accident Card - Cessna Crane Mk. I serial:8087
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-May-11. Cessna Crane s/n 8087.
This accident involved 3 people. Andrus BM, Martin JS, McCowan JG
This accident had 3 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman James Gordon McCowan RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/106175 Crane 8087, Leading Aircraftman Benjamin Milo Andrus RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/109444 Crane 8087, Flight Sergeant James Stanley Martin RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/60905 Crane 8087
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