Birth Date: 1920
Born:
Parents: Son of John A. Bissett and Dora Ella Bissett, of Campbellton.
Spouse:
Home: Campbellton, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
9 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
RCAF Stn. Summerside, PEI
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/62906
9 Service Flying Training School, Summerside, Prince Edward Island.
Harvard II aircraft 2863 failed to recover from a spin and crashed near Havelock, NB, killing Leading Aircraftman KP Bissett (RCAF) and his instructor Flying Officer EE Creed (RCAF).
LAC Bissett was BROTHER to John Alexander Bissett
Depending on source of information last name also spelt as Bisset.
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1941-August-06. Harvard s/n 2863.
This accident involved 2 people. Bissett KP, Creed EE
This accident had 2 fatalities. Flying Officer Ernest Edward Creed RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:C/1457 Harvard 2863, Leading Aircraftman Kenneth Payne Bissett RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/62906 Harvard 2863
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.
RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Summerside PEI
403 Squadron Blog - 9 STFS Summerside
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Mount Pleasant PEI
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Wellington PEI
6 July 1942 School moved to Centralia, Ontario
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Centralia Ontario
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Grand Bend Ontario
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field St Joseph Ontario
June 1945 - School was disbanded
Campbellton, New Brunswick
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
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