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Sellgren, Hjalmer Sanford (Aircraftman 2nd Class)

Killed 1943-August-26

Birth Date: 1922 (age 21)

Son of Hjalmer and Hilda Sellgren, of Inwood.

Home: Inwood, Manitoba

Service
RCAF
Unit
1 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Camp Borden, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Aircraftman 2nd Class
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
Service Numbers
R/186696
AC2 Sellgren was on harvest leave and was killed in a truck - train accident at Rosser, Manitoba.

Canada Primary Source School Daily Diary Entry – 1942-08-26

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave.com Find-A-Grave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Burial
Google Map Inwood Municipal Cemetery, Canada
Plot 16 Block 1 Row 2 Grave 1

1 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (1 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.

Currently the site of CFB Borden. Heliport and grass strip remains. CYBN

Camp Borden Class 1917

For more Information on RCAF Station Borden see here

  • RCAF Roundel RCAF.info - RCAF Station Borden Ontario

  • RCAF Roundel RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Edenvale Ontario

  • RCAF Roundel RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Alliston Ontario

  • General Camp Borden History

  • 1917-02-04 Primary Location Camp Borden ON Canada
    1941-10-01 Relief Field Alliston, ON Canada Approximate location returned to agriculture.
    1941-10-01 Relief Field Edenvale, Ontario Canada Currently the site of Edenvale Airport CNV8

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