Birth Date: 1921-June-10
Born: Miami, Manitoba
Parents: Son of Walter and Blanche Emma Sprott, of Miami, Manitoba. Brother of John Coles Sprott who was killed in action on August 17, 1944 while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Spouse:
Home: Miami, Manitoba
Enlistment: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment Date: 1941-July-30
Service
RCAF
Unit
10 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/119951
Miami, Manitoba
LAC Sprott (RCAF) was on a solo cross-country exercise and was killed when Cessna Crane aircraft 8401 crashed twenty-five miles north of Yorkton, Saskatchewan at Good Spirit Lake. Need to investigate further but his body was not recovered at the time of the crash.
LAC Sprott was BROTHER to Flying Officer John Coles Sprott (RCAF), killed 1944-08-17 on 433 Squadron Halifax MZ 863 BM-I while on a GARDENING sortie over Kiel Bay, Germany
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-August-03. Cessna Crane s/n 8041.
This accident involved 1 person. Sprott RG
This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman Ronald Gear Sprott RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/119951 Crane 8041
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.
For More Information on RCAF Station Dauphin see here
RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Dauphin Manitoba
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field North Junction MB
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Valley River MB
Manitoba Historical Society - 10 SFTS Dauphin
Manitoba Historical Society - North Junction Relief Landing Field
School Daily Diary Entry - 1942-08-03
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
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