Bowden, Bernard Thomas (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-July-30

Male Head

Birth Date: 1909

Born:

Parents: Son of Thomas and Ellen Bowden, of Maidstone, Kent. England

Spouse: Ida Grace Bowden, of Little Thurrock, Grays, Essex, England

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

41 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)

Base

RCAF Stn. Weyburn, Saskatchewan

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Service Numbers

1227194

Final Burial

Hillcrest Cemetery
Block 69 Lot 13

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Crew or Other Personnel

Harvard FE305

Leading Aircraftman Bernard Thomas Bowden RAFVR

Leading Aircraftman Bowden, Bernard Thomas (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1942-July-30
Hillcrest Cemetery, Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada

Pilot Officer Alexander Shearer Hall RAF

Pilot Officer Hall, Alexander Shearer (RAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1942-July-30
Hillcrest Cemetery, Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada

Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk. IIB serial:FE305

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-July-30. Harvard s/n FE305.

This accident involved 2 people. Bowden BW, Hall AS

This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Bernard Thomas Bowden RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1227194 Harvard FE305, Pilot Officer Alexander Shearer Hall RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:126796 Harvard FE305

Unit Desciption

41 SFTS (41 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.