North Vancouver, British Columbia
Flying Officer Brereton and Leading Aircraftman M. Zuback were engaged in standard beam approach training and were killed when their Anson aircraft 11528 was in a mid-air collision before it crashed near the aerodrome at MacLeod.
Brereton, Gilbert William (Flying Officer)
Killed in Flying Accident 1944-June-12
Birth Date: 1921-February-13
Born:
Parents: Son of Arthur William and Rose Brereton, of North Vancouver .
Spouse:
Home: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
7 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
RCAF Stn. MacLeod, Alberta
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/23406
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Anson 11528
Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. II serial:11528
This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1944-June-12. They are: Anson II s/n 11528, Anson II s/n 11456.
This accident involved 5 people. Brereton GW, Hunt TH, Pool B, Waters SJ, Zuback M
This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Morris Zuback RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/143368 Anson 11528, Flying Officer Gilbert William Brereton RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/23406 Anson 11528
Unit Desciption
7 SFTS (7 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.
Avro Anson Training Flight
For More information on RCAF Station Fort McLeod see here
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