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Schultz, William (Corporal)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-10-21

Birth Date: 1900-12-11 (age 41)

Gustav and Elizabeth Schultz, of Bashaw; husband of Cora Z. Schultz, of New Norway.

Cora Z. Schultz, of New Norway.

Home: Bashaw, Alberta

Service
RCAF
Unit
8 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Rank
Corporal
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
air frame mechanic
Service Numbers
R/60912

Crew on Anson Mk. II 8381

Avro Anson

Avro Anson Mk. V
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
The Museum's Anson Mk. V was built by MacDonald Brothers in Winnipeg in 1944. It flew with No. 7 Photographic Wing and No. 414 Squadron in Ottawa on photo survey work until the late 1940s. In 1956, it was purchased by INCO and used for mineral surveying until 1980, when it was donated to the Museum. The exterior is painted in the yellow colour common to all BCATP trainers and is in its same wartime RCAF markings.

The Avro Anson was known by a number of nicknames including "Faithful Annie" or "Flying Greenhouse". It was the first aircraft to be flown by the Royal Canadian Air Force to have a retractable undercarriage, which was a comparative novelty in 1936. In 1940, a Canadian government owned company, Federal Aircraft Limited, was created in Montreal to manufacture the Anson for Canadian use. Nearly 3,000 Anson aircraft were produced and, in the early days of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), the Anson was the standard trainer for many pilots, observers (navigators), wireless operators and bomb aimers. More than 20,000 aircrew received training on the Anson. In Canadian service, the aircraft was substantially re-designed with the substitution of North American engines and many other airframe and equipment changes. Harold Skaarup web pages

General Harold A Skaarup Web Page

YouTube Avro Anson History

YouTube Avro Anson Construction

CASPIR Aircraft Groups:
RCAF On Strength (4404), RCAF 400 Squadron (6), Canadian Aircraft Losses (257)
last update: 2022-02-22 21:45:24

Anson Mk. II 8381

Equipped with dual control brakes. Delivered to long term storage. Issued from storage on 20 August 1942. Served with No. 8 Service Flying Training School at Moncton, NB when it was involved in a mid air collision with Harvard 3774 of the same school on 21 October 1942, at 15:00, 4 miles north of Moncton. Both occupants of Harvard parachuted with minor injuries, all 3 occupants of Anson killed. Ownership to No. 4 Repair Depot on 27 November 1942 for scrapping.
1942-05-28 Taken on Strength No. 3 Training Command 2019-08-20
1942-October-01 Accident: 8 Service Flying Training School Loc: Pugwash Junction Nova Scotia Names: Williams
1942-October-21 Accident: 8 Service Flying Training School Loc: Moncton Names: Grierson | Langdon | Lynch | Schultz | Waugh
1943-01-22 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20


8 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (8 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.

Harvard Formation

NO8 SFTS Moncton moved to Weyburn SK January 1944

For More Information on RCAF Station Moncton see here

  • RCAF Roundel RCAF.info - RCAF Station Moncton NB

  • RCAF Roundel RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Scoudouc NB

  • General 8 SFTS Moncton NB History

  • Museum New Brunswick Aviation Museum

  • 1940-12-23 Primary Location Moncton NB Canada Currently site of Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport CYQM
    1940-12-23 Relief Field Scoudouc NB Canada Abandoned now Scoudouc Industrial Park

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